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Left party Die Linke congress calls for 'open borders' and legal escape routes for refugees
Deutsche Welle ^ | 06.09.2018 | jm/kms (dpa, AFP, Reuters)

Posted on 06/09/2018 5:35:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The 583 delegates of Die Linke (The Left) voted on Saturday in Leipzig in favor of the party executive’s motion which included its refugee policy. The party has a formal commitment for all who are looking for protection in Germany not to be turned away.

The executive motion was based on a trio of proposals: bringing an end to conflict, including an end to arms exports; a social program for everyone in Germany to solve housing and employment difficulties; and finally, safe and legal escape routes as well as open borders for people seeking protection.

The divisions within the party had centered on a group around leading politician Sahra Wagenknecht who warned that The Left was becoming unable to reach some sections of its traditional support base. She warned against the principle of open borders for all and unlimited access to the German labor market.

In her address to the congress, Left leader Katja Kipping adopted a diplomatic tone apparently referring to Wagenknecht, as she said everyone should have the possibility of taking a position on issues: “Nobody has to decide on a side here, because we are all part of The Left.” …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; dielinke; europe; eussr; germany; hijrah; openborders; rop
Well, the rest of the established parties have nothing to fear from the former East German Communist Party now. Even though they hold to these policies in practice.
1 posted on 06/09/2018 5:35:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

A call for globalism and government by secular socialists.


2 posted on 06/09/2018 5:44:24 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Olog-hai

I agree that the Germans should provide legal escape routes for the refugees to flee the country.


3 posted on 06/09/2018 5:48:46 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Olog-hai

Ironic since the old East German SED built walls to keep people in.

Now the Communist descendant Die Linke, is the Open Borders Left.


4 posted on 06/09/2018 5:52:40 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Open borders now in order to regain power.

Then a wall to keep people in once they do.


5 posted on 06/09/2018 6:32:54 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: goldstategop

#4. The shift in positions by the German communists is called the “Stasi Shuffle”.

You move to the Left, You Move to the Right. You do the hooky-poky and you turn your positions around. That’s what it’s all about.


6 posted on 06/09/2018 6:34:58 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Olog-hai

We might see Germany breakup into several states again.


7 posted on 06/09/2018 7:19:15 PM PDT by crz
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“Frau Merkel, put back up this wall!”


8 posted on 06/09/2018 7:19:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Leftists, typically, want their societies destroyed in favor of The Internationale.

Idiots.


9 posted on 06/10/2018 1:44:52 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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