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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticized the violent conflict of asylum in the Union and warned against a brutal language. "We have to go back to reason," he said Sunday in the ZDF talk show "Berlin directly".
Asked about the term "asylum tourism" used by Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), Steinmeier Requirement to "pay attention to language". Söder means people who want to apply for asylum first in another country of the EU, then in Germany.
Especially in digital media, the "limit of the unspeakable and the unspeakable" may fade. He does not believe in exaggerated political correctness. But you must argue responsibly. "It also requires some discipline in the language," said Steinmeier. He has recently received anxious calls from other heads of state and many indignant citizens have written to him. He would have reminded some and then would be asked: "How should we argue here with a sense of proportion, with reason for the good argument, if big politics does not perceive its character as a model," said Steinmeier in view of the conflict between CDU and CSU Steinmeier urges European countries of NATO to take more responsibility
Steinmeier stressed on ZDF, including terms such as "Axis of the Willing" (by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for cooperation narrower between Austria, Italy and Germany put into play) are not an "appropriate language". The road to a common migration policy in Europe is finally rather tedious. "That's why I think we should not cultivate a language that can still divide."
A few days before the NATO summit in Brussels, Steinmeier called on European member states to take on more responsibilities. "Europe must be aware that not only the security situation in Europe has changed, but also the transatlantic relations and therefore the role of the United States within NATO," said Steinmeier. He referred to the debates on higher defense spending – especially from Germany, a higher contribution is needed. Some also fear that the United States, under the presidency of Donald Trump, may restrict their participation in NATO. "Because of these changes, Europe should be aware that it has much more to shoulder its own responsibility for European foreign and security policy," Steinmeier said. "In my opinion, it also means strengthening the defense capability." The NATO countries agreed in 2014 that their defense spending should approach two percent of the gross domestic product by 2024, some since a long time already. Germany is with 38.95 billion euros to 1.24 percent, the next year the budget is expected to reach 42.9 billion. Trump criticizes this too little. (AP)
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