The man who met the Chancellor on the Bosphorus, has certainly not interested in their failure. The man does not want to be quoted by name, like the other participants in the roundtable that Angela Merkel had asked on Sunday night in her hotel. “Civil society representatives” they are called in the official protocol, which in Turkey today means something like: people who do not agree with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Such as Metin Feyzioglu for example. The President of the Turkish Bar Association has the President added years ago with a speech in such a rage that Erdogan stormed out of the hall in front of cameras. The scene know all who entertain more than two hours with Merkel, much longer than planned, about the situation in their country and the President. Erdogan, they say, take every criticism as a domestic weapon. “You can not just go in and him popping front of the bib things there,” says afterwards one of the interlocutors. “You know that you need a thick skin to him.”
In as much understanding not meet Angela Merkel often these days. Especially not when it comes to the German-Turkish relationship. And already not at all when Horst Seehofer is near. Around the same time, as the Chancellor talks with Erdogan’s critics, says her biggest critic for German television audiences. One can summarize his remarks in “Berlin Direct” interview roughly so that Merkel kindly Erdogan have to pop the stuff in front of the bib. Justice freedom of the press, freedom of religion, now the immunity of members of the Kurdish opposition party canceled: “Since the world must cry!” Instead’ll only addressed “very low”, “because you obviously do not want to jeopardize the deal.” In Seehofer binding smile now mixes an avuncular mint Direction train. “But I say: The end does not justify the means”
Merkel is to Erdogan puppet explained
You have the Seehofer let one thing: His sense of mood, he on the can set that works. He is with his suspicions criticism in numerous company. The applause AfD is it sure to CSU and CDU, he must rely on much nod, to the applause of the Left and the Greens, the word “kowtow” downright since the EU refugee agreement with Turkey have grown fond of – except for a few stubborn Real politicians is home nobody in sight, the Merkel not declared for days to puppet Erdogan
because the old photo of one of the last visits Everywhere is again seen in Erdogan. the Chancellor very small gold swanky chair beside the Sultan of Ankara. Against such pictures is difficult to arrive: It’s obvious, says the picture, who’s there who dominated and showing off
Merkel has tried anyway with reasonable objection before their departure, in the long interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung! “. “Of course there are interdependencies,” she told the newspaper. “You can also just call the need for balance of interests.” Turkey wants something Europe wants something else, you go a compromise, and when developing the other is preparing “very worried”, talking about it. “It is quite natural that you have to keep talking in this troubled world.”
Uh … wait. Excuse me, please. The last sentence … so, who does not belong here. The comes from Seehofer before he visited in February Vladimir Putin. When, after the meeting in Moscow of a wanted to know from him whether he had knocked at the Tsar in the Kremlin on human rights, he was reprimanded: “I do not want to make the head teacher or guardian others.”
Add four weeks to the CDU and CSU again tolerated
Where were we? Correct: the failure. “What irritates me”, Merkel has namely been said in the said interview, “that I sometimes almost as watching something like a joy of failure.” First you have no credited the Turkey Agreement, it was said that never functioned, now it will be explained at the very first problem immediately dead
Seehofer has since felt made equal. “it’s not how it has submitted to us, we have pleasure in failure!” it Merkel him and the CSU is not mentioned. Only later in the week appeared on the sister party when it comes to Franz Josef Strauss’ sentence that it should be the right of the Union no democratically legitimized party. Merkel says that the sentence does not apply to it, if it would be to talk to the rights under divulging own principles to hear. Seehofer feels again meant to. He foamed. Who put this set of ostrich in question, give a common principle of the CDU and CSU: “We in Bavaria have given up a single principle!”
“I want to contribute to the success!”
If you consider that the two sisters Union have agreed in exactly four weeks to Berlin strategy meeting, the conversation with Merkel Erdogan in Istanbul appears as light exercise. Particularly clever is probably also not to ask right now even the bouquet in question. But Merkel apparently has no desire to seek Abwatschen Seehofer and tell permanently, its policies effecting nothing, whereas the border closures in Austria … mischief, finds Merkel. Turkey set to all agreements. And to stranding 45,000 refugees in Greece is neither a sustainable nor a european acceptable solution.
In addition, it is the joy of failure really alien. This, incidentally, is the deeper reason that they never could do anything with his own Conservatives and the AFD-supporters even less. Merkel can not sympathize with which as many wallow in bleak future scenarios, summon risks and also explain their own defeatism to realpolitik masochistic pleasure. “If difficulties arise, I try to overcome them”, the CDU leader said in an interview. “I want to contribute to its success.”
Why yes then so on Monday in Istanbul would occasion. Merkel meets Erdogan at noon. The Turkish president is in his hometown to host the UN emergency meeting, an unprecedented event in which the victims of wars, conflicts and disasters should be the focus. Erdogan reminded of the Turkish culture of welcome, to nearly three million refugees from Syria and Iraq. His country, he says, ledge assistance without discrimination: “Pain has no color, no race, no language or religion.” And his country would continue to do so. But the others would now also cater to their responsibilities.
Merkel enters the stage a little later. What was needed was a global understanding of the issues. “. We all live on one planet” Whether Seehofer is meant feels again, because he lives in Bavaria, is unknown
Later draw the Chancellor and the President back. They know each other for a long time. Merkel Erdogan first visited, when she was opposition leader and his rise was just beginning. A difficult type, macho and ehrpusselig same time, one who learned to prevail on the football fields of the poor man’s district Kasimpasa. As the man said, who met Merkel? You need a thick skin. Did she also. Merkel, say those who know it is not afraid. Yet another reason why he can not understand Jammer Ossis and well-off jammer Westerners can always only shake his head.
Many questions unanswered
In the early afternoon are the Chancellor a small press conference. From the wall in the room of the German Consulate General greets a huge portrait – Wilhelm II, German Emperor and once Waffenbruder the Ottoman Empire.. Merkel ignores the guest in oil. Your conversation with Erdogan took over an hour. You have openly spoken about the difficult development in the country. “Of course, the lifting of immunity for a quarter of parliamentarians a basic deep concern,” said Merkel. Press freedom, a strong parliament, an independent judiciary, the integration of the Kurds as an important condition for stability – all that is important and necessary
Erdogan sees the known otherwise.. Merkel has not expected otherwise. “Questions remain in this direction open,” she says simply. She Erdogan also stated that it is not without changes in the Turkish anti-terror legislation with the visa-free regime for the Turks from 1 July; those laws that make it possible for journalists and politicians and others who do not agree with Erdogan, a terrorist branded behind bars can get.
Again, there are open questions. Erdogan remains the No to the amendment, Merkel at the 72 pre-conditions of the European Union for the visa-free regime. This set of criteria by the way, she remembers, came from the year 2013. Behind the year puts a clear hint to all who recently claiming on the Turkish side, the Europeans had draufgesattelt their conditions. 2013 Erdogan was still head of government and direct the EU’s negotiating partners.
Erdogan praises EU-Turkey Treaty
Whether it then asks a reporter, was really smart, the refugee issue with the visa-free regime connect to? Merkel points on big picture: Everything depends interrelated. But is that the agreement with Turkey are faced with – yes, why? Merkel will hardly fail to notice that the same stubborn Erdogan has just praised in the British “Guardian” the EU-Turkey Pact as an exemplary way of burden-sharing: “In order to keep illegal immigration under control, Europe and Turkey must work together to legal mechanisms to provide for the resettlement of Syrian refugees, as the agreement in March 2016. “And they should resign now? “If it takes a little longer to create the full implementation, then we’ll have to talk to each other intensively, that’s my attitude towards it.”
As said the man still, the Merkel on the Bosporus met? “It’s a balancing act.” He does understand. Merkel knows how Erdogan criticism exploiting domestically, and weigh the effect of public statements from carefully. Perhaps everyone who recently worry so loudly about the fate of the Turks should learn from him and his colleagues. Patience, for example, and the power of hope and, indeed, to trust. Merkel was very knowledgeable, praising the “civil society”, the German chancellor, and very interesting: “You heard intensively and wanted not only confirmed what she knew.”
Most importantly, , they say afterwards, be it extremely important that Europe does not turn away, the influence remained received from the west. “It was about the need to deepen the contacts,” said one of the citizens. “This does not mean that one is always nice to each other.” But it does not mean just that one cries out, just so that the Horst then yes still no peace there.
No comments:
Post a Comment