EU Refugee Crisis: Europe must move on from Merkel

   Angela Merkel will just about say or do anything to appear as if she is working hard to solve her refugee crisis.  As the EU melts down, Merkel just keeps coming up with one bad idea after another.  Merkel's  latest magic trick is to turn "illegal migration into legal migration".

     She wants to import another 300,000 refugees per YEAR from the camps in Turkey. In return, she believes Turkey will then suddenly halt the flow of refugees entering Europe.  This is a nonsense, especially when the EU external border remains wide open.

     Merkel certainly knows it is just not Syrian refugees looking to Europe.  Choosing legitimate refugees from the camps in Turkey does nothing to halt the endless flow of economic migrants entering Europe.  The smugglers will take advantage of the situation to target migrants outside Turkey or refugees who fail to be selected from the camps in Turkey to shuttle more into Greece.  The EU has enough problems with the refugees and migrants already here.  It is a nonsense to think the flow of illegals will stop without sealing the border or that Erdogan can be a trusted partner with his track record.

    It is a very naive to believe that one can take in 300,000 new refugees per year straight from the camps in Turkey while 3-5,000 illegals arrive in Greece daily.  This is futile without sealing the border - which Merkel, Greece and EUCO do not seem prepared to do.

     Europe can't rely or wait for Merkel or Erdogan to clean up the mess.  They must bypass her and defy her permanent scheme for redistributing refugees across the EU.  If Merkel carries the day, the EU will find themselves with a system that guarantees a limitless flow of migrants with endless quotas for all.  If, on the other hand, the CEE nations and V4 defy Merkel on her redistribution sharing scheme, she may be forced to finally seal the external border or Germany will explode.

     This cannot continue as is, something has to give.  Merkel is not too big to fail; in fact, her fall may be the best thing for Europe in the long run.