The ARD showed a comment on the refugee situation at the EU's external borders, where Europe is currently showing its "ugly face". For this, the station received praise from the Greens and criticism from the AfD.
- The situation on the EU's external borders is getting worse, more and more people are trying to flee across the border.
- How the refugees are dealt with in this way raises questions and prompted the ARD to comment in the “ Word on Sunday ”.
- This was followed on the one hand by high praise from the Greens and on the other hand harsh criticism from the AfD.
Munich - There have been repeated riots on the Greek-Turkish border in recent days, especially in Lesvos there is a state of emergency *. While the situation on the EU's external borders appears to be worsening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens to fail to comply with the EU Refugee Pact. The EU wants to save the refugee pact *, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has clearly refused to open the Greek-Turkish border to migrants . The borders "are not open and will not be opened," said the CDU politician in Brussels on Monday.
Turkey / Greece: ARD- "Word for Sunday" polarized - "with respect: I could throw up"
Two days earlier, the Protestant pastor Annette Benhken clearly denounced the behavior of Europe in the " Word on Sunday " broadcast on Saturday evening: "Europe is showing its ugly face these days. The limits of our humanity are shown at Europe's borders. At the border between Greece and Turkey , we are currently selling our basic values : human rights and humanity. ”
The EU pays emergency aid of 700 million euros "to keep us people in need," criticized Behnken and added: " With respect: I could throw up ." The Greens praised the comment. Renate Künast described the comment as "worth seeing" , Sven Gieigold as "the most blatant word on Sunday for a long time."
"Word on Sunday" / ARD: Commentary on the refugee situation polarized - praise from Greens, criticism by AfD
On #World Women’s Day, Pastor Annette Behnken from Loccum spoke on the situation of refugees in #Greece the most blatant word for a long time: “With respect: I could throw up. ... Amen. "Https://t.co/M5pclWlglB
- Sven Giegold (@sven_giegold) March 8, 2020The AfD , on the other hand, had a lot of contraindications for the theologian. The party was particularly bothered by a statement by Benhken: “We have to storm the parliaments. In which neo-fascists sit and let us fall into a state of terror, just like the corona virus. ”The AfD then tweeted the following text:“ GEZ-funded madness: ARD pastor calls for the 'storm of parliaments'. ”
# Fall plans in the #ARD? Take a look at why the "Word for Sunday" calls for the "storm of #parliaments" ... https: //t.co/fqTjhukaaK pic.twitter.com/EkKiorGx1G
- Alternative for Germany (@AfD) March 9, 2020There had previously been similar criticism from church representatives in dealing with refugees: "Instead of finding humanitarian solutions in which all countries in Europe assume responsibility, men, women and children who are looking for protection are kept away with tear gas," said approximately
Heinrich Bedford-Strohm , President of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany. He further described it as pathetic what is currently happening on the border.
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