No Retreat to the Fortress Europe
Party Secretary of DIE LINKE, Caren Lay, sharply criticises the aspirations of Germany and France to ease the reestablishment of border controls within the European Union that have become known recently. Lay warns against a "retreat to the Fortress Europe". She declares:
Germany and France are taking the wrong path. There must not be a retreat to the Fortress Europe. Europe needs immigration. That is consensus. Who really thinks about the future, invests in integration and not in border installations. We need a paradigm shift at the European borders. I plead for the absolute primacy of human rights. Border regimes costing human lives prevailed on this continent long enough.