Visiting Erdoğan: Merkel’s third attempt since the beginning
Merkel is a permanent guest in Ankara. Here during her visit in October when President Tayyip Erdoğan in his palace
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A Float for the canceled Mainzer
Rosenmontagszug shows the lady Europe, which has fallen to his knees to
kiss the feet of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Now Angela
Merkel speaks in Ankara with Turkish President and Prime Minister Ahmet
Davutoğlu on Turkish assistance in tackling the refugee crisis. If the
Chancellor before Erdoğan on his knees? Let the Turks Europeans squirm?
As always turn out the answers to the questions: Even on the Monday
there will be no breakthrough in the refugee issue.
In Ankara, Merkel and Davutoğlu see
for the third time since the beginning – with any other head of
government outside the EU maintains the Chancellor currently such an
intensive direct cooperation. The busyness indicates growing
desperation. The Chancellor desperately needs success because of the
mood in the country and in his own party. Merkel’s plan to reduce the
number of refugees based on the expectation that Turkey does more to
curb the exodus of Syrians to Europe. But so far there is no evidence
that this plan works. The number of incoming refugees in Greece has
fallen, but this is mainly due to the bad weather.
Turkey and the EU do not agree
In addition, it crunches between the
EU and the Turks. Ankara expects the EU a direct financial contribution
of at least three billion euros, but Brussels will release the money
only earmarked. Turkey is also on complete freedom of movement for its
citizens in Europe since mid-year, but that the EU will probably not
allow.
The EU’s double attitude breeds
resentment: the one hand, calls on Europe of Ankara more steps against
the influx of refugees, on the other hand it calls Turkey currently on
the border near Aleppo open to let more Syrians into the country – on
humanitarian grounds. As to Europe, people should please not come –
humanitarian reasons or not.
The bitter truth is that neither
Merkel nor given the many refugees can accomplish much Erdoğan or
Davutoğlu. Especially the development in Aleppo shows. The fighting
around the northern Syrian city driving tens of thousands more people
towards Turkey. In the event that the city is occupied by the government
forces, Ankara expects more than one million additional displaced
persons; Diplomats speak of “apocalyptic proportions”. Even more Syrians
will then make their way into the EU.
There are no good options for the
West. He watched for a long time in Syria, because the opinion prevailed
that the crisis in Damascus not touch him. Now the Syria crisis has
arrived with the refugees in Europe, and politicians like Merkel running
out of time. Meanwhile, Russia has established itself as a key player
and seeks a military solution to the conflict in favor of his partner
Bashar Assad on. Perhaps Europe needs to fall on their knees shortly
before Vladimir Putin.