Merkel's migrant offer was "a colossal, historic mistake"
Speaking to a group of UKIP members in Chester Steven
Woolfe, UKIP’s Migration Spokesman commented on the closure of borders within
Europe fuelled by the decision of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to give an
open-ended welcome to refugees:
“If politicians in a democracy are servants of the people, then the
question, ‘Just who are the people?’ is surely one of the most important
questions of our time. Over generations the ebbs and flows of a democracy’s
population grows and shrinks according to numerous factors – births, deaths,
immigration, emigration and economic stability and growth. It is the job of
politicians in a democracy to take account of demographic changes. The provision
of the public services and the infrastructure projects at the heart of a
civilised society depends on planners knowing just how many people they are
providing and budgeting for. Politicians who actively attempt to transform the
fortunes of their nation by manipulating population figures, have quite rightly
been shunned by democrats everywhere because the effects are so unpredictable –
China being an obvious case in point.
“This is why Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel’s perceived opened-ended welcome to all migrants is a colossal, historic mistake for the European Union.
“This is why Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel’s perceived opened-ended welcome to all migrants is a colossal, historic mistake for the European Union.