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Comment: Seehofer goes too far

Prissy was Horst Seehofer with his criticism of the refugee policy of Angela Merkel never so in the past few months. But his most recent attack has a new quality, says Fabian von der Mark.

With its Manifestation in Germany, there is a “rule of injustice”, the Bavarian Prime Minister clearly too far. Even if there are doubts about the accuracy of refugee policy from Angela Merkel may be an identification with the German dictatorships of the 20th century. Century is outrageous.

Probably wanted to Horst Seehofer again just right rumble. The Interview in the “Passauer Neue Presse” is traditionally the prelude to the political ash Wednesday in the same city in the depths of lower Bavaria – an event, at the rather gross club as the thin foil is in demand. And in the well-filled hall would have been after one or two Beers probably also a huge mood with the accusation, Angela Merkel stand by a Unrechtsstaat.

Geschichtsvergessener Comparison

Now the statement but in black and white in the newspaper and is miles of the mark. In Germany, it is consensus, the Nazi dictatorship and are at least largely also the SED Regime, as Unrechtsherrschaft to call. A democratically elected government, with both feet firmly on the ground of the basic law, to defame, however, is unheard of and geschichtsvergessen. Perhaps Horst Seehofer after his Russia visit, even North Korea, or even better Syria visit, to see how a reign of injustice looks like.

Fabian von der Mark is a correspondent in the capital Studio

Seehofer calls with its Manifestation on the opinion of the former German constitutional court judge Udo Di Fabio. At 126 pages, this, among other things, that the Federal government was obliged, “effective control of Federal boundary re-introduce, if the common European border security and immigration system, temporarily or permanently disrupted”. Seehofers threat, before the Federal constitutional court against the Federal government, to sue refers to this point.

So you can argue. And, of course, it is nonsense to claim that the German border could not control it. It is an essential task of a state, its territorial integrity, to preserve it. In the past few years, it was in the German policy is also a Testament to failed states, failed States such as Afghanistan that its territory and its borders is not able to keep. However, it is a humanitarian emergency exceptions, and it would be the Federal government for sure. So or so: the rating you can here different opinions. But a judgment about whether a wrong was committed, can not Horst Seehofer meet.

Criticized the ruling party, the CSU itself?

Those who overcome the actual mammoth task Flüchtlingsintegration are interested in, proves to Seehofer a disservice. Politicians and helper questions right: How will the refugee to explain that Germany is a constitutional state, when a Prime Minister and party leader claims that we are dealing with a reign of injustice have to do? How can AfD and Pegida encounter, when even the members of an established party, “those at the top” only the Worst kind of confidence?

Horst Seehofer, it makes up with its ever-sharper attacks on the Chancellor but also to easily: His party, the CSU, is part of this government, it is three Ministers. If he does not want, that the three are in a “rule of injustice” involved, then must he with his CSU party left the government. A Verfassungsklage in Karlsruhe would have the same consequence requires. With his own devastating verdict, he is even more gone a step further. Despite the election campaign, and ash Wednesday – a step too far.

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