German Chancellor Angela Merkel Defends Her Open Door Immigration Policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2015. REUTERS/AXEL SCHMIDT

Politico: Merkel on migration: ‘We will manage’

Unlike critics, “I actually have to work out this problem,” says the German chancellor.

BERLIN – Repeating the mantra “Wir schaffen das,” (“We will manage,”) German Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending her strategy on handling the refugee crisis against growing criticism.

“Let’s just assume we all would declare that we will not manage it — then what?” she asked host Anne Will in a primetime, one-on-one TV interview on Wednesday night, adding: “Those people who are helping are an example for the many people willing to manage this situation together with me.”

The interview was apparently a reaction to the friendly and not-so-friendly fire the German Chancellor finds herself facing, being criticized by both her political opponents and by members of her own party. During the last couple of weeks, Merkel has repeatedly been accused of mismanaging the crisis; recent polls have shown her popularity decreasing.

Update #1: Merkel slams east Europeans on refugees in private talk: Politico -- Reuters
Update #2: Migrant crisis: Angela Merkel's deadpan mask slips -- BBC
Update #3: The Latest: Merkel Defends Her Policies in Migrants Crisis -- NYT/AP

WNU Editor: I like to hear what she will say a year from now when everyone in her political party are furious at her because they are non-existent in the polls and there are millions of migrants/refugees clamouring to get into Germany.