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Varoufakis decries EU 'immaturity' and urges Remainers to blast bloc's migration plot YANIS VAROUFAKIS urges Remainers to admit the EU is failing when it comes to its migration policy, leaving Brussels "spoiled". The former Greek finance minister attacked the bloc on Twitter when Greece decided to widen its border wall to prevent Afghans from trying to reach Europe. He raged: "The tears of the EU (crocodiles) for the victims of the Taliban originate from its Greek border, by a terrible fence." When a Maintainer tried to convince him that this was not a decision made by the bloc as a whole but only by Greece, Mr. Varoufakis replied: "I wish you were right. No, it's a cannon policy. cowardly station accepted by Brussels-Paris-Berlin." The Twitter user added: "It makes more sense for me,
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Varoufakis decries EU 'immaturity' and urges Remainers to blast bloc's migration plot YANIS VAROUFAKIS urges Remainers to admit the EU is failing when it comes to its migration policy, leaving Brussels "spoiled". The former Greek finance minister attacked the bloc on Twitter when Greece decided to widen its border wall to prevent Afghans from trying to reach Europe. He raged: "The tears of the EU (crocodiles) for the victims of the Taliban originate from its Greek border, by a terrible fence." When a Maintainer tried to convince him that this was not a decision made by the bloc as a whole but only by Greece, Mr. Varoufakis replied: "I wish you were right. No, it's a cannon policy. cowardly station accepted by Brussels-Paris-Berlin." The Twitter user added: "It makes more sense for me,
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| Varoufakis decries EU 'immaturity' and urges Remainers to blast bloc's migration plot YANIS VAROUFAKIS urges Remainers to admit the EU is failing when it comes to its migration policy, leaving Brussels "spoiled". The former Greek finance minister attacked the bloc on Twitter when Greece decided to widen its border wall to prevent Afghans from trying to reach Europe. He raged: "The tears of the EU (crocodiles) for the victims of the Taliban originate from its Greek border, by a terrible fence." When a Maintainer tried to convince him that this was not a decision made by the bloc as a whole but only by Greece, Mr. Varoufakis replied: "I wish you were right. No, it's a cannon policy. cowardly station accepted by Brussels-Paris-Berlin." The Twitter user added: "It makes more sense for me, being in the EU and working for reform, rather than being outside." The Greek politician replied: "I don't need convincing. "I have witnessed first-hand the immaturity with which EU institutions protect the worst bankers against European citizens. “And still campaigning against Brexit! "Similarly, as a Retainer, you must condemn the EU's callous asylum policies." EU leaders have locked horns against a new wave of migrants expected to reach Europe from Afghanistan, at the expense of the population from the Taliban. Sebastian Kurz, Austria's conservative Chancellor, is opposed to taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan once the Taliban have taken power, he said in a comment published Sunday. While the European Union grapples with what to do with the Afghans who have supported it for the past 20 years, Mr. Kurz says going to Austria is not an option. Mr. Kurz said in an interview with Puls 24 television. "I am against the fact that we voluntarily take on more people and that will not happen during my time as prime minister." Austria has more than 40,000 Afghan refugees, the second largest number in Europe after Germany, with 148,000, according to UN refugee agency UNHCR figures for 2020. Austria's population is nine times smaller than Germany's. "I have no view that we should take in more people. Quite the contrary," the Austrian Prime Minister said of Afghans fleeing their country. He added: “Austria has made a disproportionately large contribution, when it comes to the large number of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers already in the country. He said those fleeing Afghanistan should stay in the region, adding that neighboring Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took in only 14 and 13 Afghan refugees, respectively, in line with UNHCR data. Greece was on the front lines of Europe's migration crisis in 2015 when nearly a million people fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan landed on its islands, and like other countries In other EU member states, worrying developments in Afghanistan could trigger a reoccurrence of that crisis. "We are making it clear that we will not and cannot be Europe's gateway for refugees and migrants who might try to reach the European Union," Mr Mitarachi told state broadcaster ERT. . "We can't have millions of people leaving Afghanistan and going to the European Union ... and certainly not through Greece," he said. Raising his concerns, French President Emmanuel Macron said France should have a strong plan to "anticipate and protect itself from a wave of migrants" from Afghanistan. "Dealing with those fleeing the Taliban will require an organized and fair international effort," the French president said in a televised address last Tuesday. “Europe alone cannot bear the consequences of the current situation,” he added. |