'Don't need to rejoin the EU before another referendum'.Who wants to ?Germany's economy tanking partly caused by it trying to adhere to EU directives to replace petrol cars by electric ones which the Chinese can deliver at half the price.Then there is the problem of its mass immigration situation.From DW.com.'When it comes to immigration policy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has already set the tone for the new year. In an interview with the news magazine Der Spiegel in December, he came out in favor of "large-scale" deportations for rejected asylum applicants'. 'More migration agreements Germany is also negotiating agreements with Georgia, Moldova, Kenya, Colombia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, though these would not affect the majority of asylum-seekers who come from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey. But the move is part of a larger effort to designate more countries as "safe countries of origin," which would permit Germany to return people to those places. Georgia and Moldova received this status in November. If the European Union revives its deal with Turkey, a move Germany supports, that could facilitate sending people there, as well. Germany also wants to process asylum applications faster. Right now, it can take more than two years to handle an asylum claim, according to government data. Proposed changes to the law hope to get that down to between three to six months'.Thank goodness we live in 'This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle'.Let's hope Starmer and Cooper protect its borders.
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