Henry Donovan

3 weeks ago | eurotopics.net | Christian Rath |Henry Donovan |Reinhard Müller

05 June 2025A Berlin court has ruled that it is against EU law for border police to refuse entry to asylum seekers found on German territory during border controls, and that Germany violated asylum law when it sent back three Somali nationals at its border with Poland. The ruling comes after Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ordered stepped-up border controls and authorised expulsions in May. Commentators take different views of the judgement.

2 months ago | eurotopics.net | Mark Schieritz |Henry Donovan |Hansjörg Friedrich Müller |Tonia Mastrobuoni

The Spectator sees too many concessions to the SPD: “When mainstream conservatives betray their principles, they don't convert their voters to progressivism - they orphan them politically, leaving them susceptible to radical alternatives. ... Merz had positioned himself as the saviour who would restore his party's conservative credentials after years of Merkelian drift. He has instead revealed himself as just another spineless politician, willing to sacrifice principle for power.