More than a decade after then-Chancellor Angela Merkel opened Europe's gates to mass migration, a leading German official has made a stunning admission: the unchecked influx of millions of foreigners and the subsequent failure to integrate them are directly causing 'carnage' across the continent.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking on the sidelines of the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, openly voiced concerns that the escalating riots engulfing France and Italy could soon spill over into other European Union nations.
When pressed during an interview about the profound unrest witnessed in cities like Paris and Milan – which have seen thousands arrested, widespread looting, and devastating arson attacks – Chancellor Merz conceded it is "most likely" the direct result of "non-integrated people" stemming from "migration."
This disastrous policy, he noted, is pushing citizens towards "extremely right and extremely left" political parties, fueling "tensions and obviously riots in some countries, including France."
This acknowledgment from Merz, who leads the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, is particularly striking. His party was at the helm under Chancellor Angela Merkel when the European Migrant Crisis of 2015 began, triggering one of the most significant demographic shifts in modern history. For years, the establishment dismissed concerns about the consequences of open borders, yet now, their own leaders are forced to confront the violent reality.
Merz himself once campaigned on a promise to rein in immigration. However, that position was largely abandoned after he chose to form a coalition with the left-wing, pro-open-borders Social Democrats (SPD), rather than align with the anti-mass-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which he labeled as outside the bounds of political acceptability. Apparently, common sense needed a permission slip.
Throughout his 17-month tenure, Merz has frequently defended the necessity of continued mass migration into Germany and Europe, absurdly claiming that more waves of foreigners are required to fill supposed labor market shortages and to mitigate the demographic impacts of an aging population.
"Germany is a country of immigration. It has always been so; it is so now; and it will remain so," he declared just last May, a statement that now rings hollow given his recent admissions of chaos.
In the same interview, Merz acknowledged a pervasive sense of "uncertainty" and "anxiousness" gripping Germany and Europe. He cited public concerns over soaring energy costs, rampant inflation, and unaffordable housing.
"People are really fearing what is next and what comes in our future, and how can we establish our future for our kids and for our grandchildren? And that is something which is on the table of my government as well, to give people a certain degree of assurance and certainty that it’s worthwhile to live in Germany, to work in Germany, and that this remains a secure country," he stated.
What Merz seemingly failed to grasp, or chose to ignore, is that mass migration has demonstrably exacerbated many of these very issues. It strains already limited housing supplies, while studies consistently show that increased diversity can lower social trust. Furthermore, recent police data reveals a disturbing truth: foreign nationals accounted for 42.9 percent of all violent crime suspects in Germany. And somehow, they still expect Americans not to notice the connection.
The argument that mass migration is necessary to prop up the welfare state has also been thoroughly debunked. Recent German government figures reveal that nearly four out of every five long-term welfare recipients are foreign nationals, completely undermining the idea that migrants are sustaining programs for aging Germans. The burden, it turns out, falls squarely on the taxpayers.
Other European leaders, particularly those from nations that bravely resisted Berlin and Paris's open-border push in 2015, have been far more direct in linking the French riots to mass migration. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, for example, asserted this week regarding France's immigration woes: "Poland will not repeat the mistakes of other European countries, nor will it pay for them."
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar echoed this sentiment: "In the face of this senseless destruction and unjustified violence, perhaps it is now clear to everyone why Hungary advocates the strictest possible approach to migration, and why we will not weaken our border protection or immigration policy under any pressure."
Both Poland and Hungary remain staunchly at odds with Berlin, Brussels, and Paris over the controversial EU migration pact. This pact seeks to force member states to accept a share of so-called asylum seekers or face crippling penalties. Budapest and Warsaw have defiantly refused to comply, declaring they will not be coerced into taking illegal migrants from nations that refuse to secure their own borders. This principled stand highlights a growing chasm between globalist elites and sovereign nations committed to protecting their people and their borders, a fight America First patriots understand all too well.
