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Merkel Demands ‘Solidarity’ From EU States Balking at Refugees

  • ‘We need European answers,’ Merkel says ahead of EU summit
  • Germany wants funds for states that take in asylum seekers
Angela Merkel at the Bundestag in Berlin, on Feb. 22.

Angela Merkel at the Bundestag in Berlin, on Feb. 22.

Photographer: Markus Schreiber/AP Photos

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel fired a warning shot at European Union member states that have balked at sheltering refugees and thrown democratic standards such as the rule of law into question.

A day before an EU summit that will tackle the bloc’s budget planning after the U.K.’s exit, Merkel said in a speech to the German parliament that Brexit offers an “opportunity” to reassess how the EU spends money. Funds should flow to EU members that have joined a bloc-wide plan to take in asylum seekers, she said.