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.
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.