Berlin, Feb 16 (CTK) – The countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) clearly took a stand against the policy pursued by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the migrant crisis at their summit in Prague on Monday and Germany has been growingly isolated in the European Union, German papers wrote on Tuesday.
The V4 is comprised of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
“Four against Merkel. An uprising against the German migrant policy,” this is how the daily General Anzeiger opens its commentary.
It writes that the four countries united their stances on the migrant crisis in Prague and they are bracing themselves for a clash with the “coalition of the willing” countries that support Merkel.
“Soon, all fighters will meet at a round table at the [EU summit on Thursday and Friday]. Will a European solution be found there? Or will they leave with differing opinions?” the daily asks.
“Four east European EU member countries are organising resistance to the Chancellor’s migrant policy,” daily Tagesspiegel writes.
“The grouping, formed in the Hungarian town of Visegrad 25 years ago, sought smooth integration into the EU. Now, they are mainly striving for setting themselves apart from the German line on migration,” the paper writes.
“All important east European countries make use of Visegrad to take a position against the Chancellor’s migrant policy. It is bad for Angela Merkel that together with them, other Europeans will also vote against Germany at the forthcoming summit,” daily Die Welt writes.
“Berlin has never in the past neglected the interests of its EU partners with such arrogance. Brussels will bill the Chancellor for this,” the paper writes about the forthcoming summit on migration.
“Since the emergence of the European Community, Germany has never been isolated in Europe as it is today. This is mainly to blame on Merkel’s stubbornness,” Die Welt writes.
“With regard to European stability, it is high time for the (German) government to change its policy and shift from moral megalomania to restraint and pragmatism,” the paper writes.
