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Merkel's 'Mother Teresa' Approach to Refugee Crisis Does Not Work

© REUTERS / Fabrizio BenschGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she addresses a news conference after a meeting with state premiers at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2016
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she addresses a news conference after a meeting with state premiers at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Angela Merkel's plan for dealing with the massive refugee crisis is trying to marry two approaches, which seem to be mutually exclusive, but this is not the only challenge the German chancellor faces, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung asserted.

Refugees walk to a chartered train at the railway station of Passau, Germany, Jan. 5, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Merkel wants all of the EU members to welcome asylum seekers and integrate them into European societies, but she is also searching for ways to close the bloc's borders and dissuade migrants from travelling to Europe.

The German chancellor has been discontent with those EU members, who oppose taking in refugees. "It's not an honor for Europe that the union of 28 member states with 500 million citizens has so far found it so difficult to equally share the burden," she said earlier this week.

Merkel's stance is understandable, because her strategy will only work if everyone is on board.

But the biggest flaw with the Merkel's plan is that it is not "convincing enough, probably, because in the early stages of the crisis Merkel treated refugees as if she were Mother Teresa," the German newspaper noted.

The fact that the chancellor cares for "the EU's honor and compassion," the FAZ believes, "deserves praise, but this way she also reminds her partners of Germany's moral imperative."

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