“People have to see that we are taking action and not letting everything fall apart in the dispute,” said the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister. After the talks between the federal government and the Union on a possible security package that were recently declared to have failed, Wüst emphasizes the CDU/CSU’s willingness to talk: “Friedrich Merz has not slammed the door.” The problem is that the government didn’t keep its promises “because people couldn’t agree on the traffic lights.” If the federal government is “able” to give a common answer, the Union will be ready for renewed talks.
A package of measures from the black-green and green-black governed federal states, which is being discussed in the Federal Council today, should now provide concrete answers to the debate about migration and security. “I believe that what we have presented here is the most extensive,” said Wüst. And further: “We are forming a cross-party consensus for more consistency in migration policy, which the traffic light is unfortunately not yet able to do.” Above all, more rights are required for the institutions, police and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
The package does not include the rejection of refugees at the German borders. Wüst says: “I think each of us is a convinced European. And of course we want these things to be solved at Europe’s external borders.” Only if the “European measures do not work” would national measures be necessary, Wüst makes clear.
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