Germany has reached 'a limit' on migration, Steinmeier says – DW – 09/20/2023
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for border controls and a "fair distribution" of migrants within the EU ahead of his visit to Italy.

Germany is facing difficulties in taking in more migrants, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday.

“Germany, like Italy, is at the limit of its capacity,” Steinmeier said in an interview with Italian Newspaper Corriere della Sera, pointing out that Germany had received a third of all EU asylum requests in the first half of 2023.

The president acknowledged that both Italy and Germany had “heavy loads to bear” and called for a “fair distribution” of migratory burdens within Europe.

  • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
    29·
    1 year ago

    Are all of your countries other problems solved? Increasing taxes on the rich somehow always turns into increasing taxes for everyone else. If you can pull it off, more power to you

    • Sodis@feddit.de
      32·
      1 year ago

      There is an easy solution for this: Tax property instead of income.

      • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        They do this already in addition to US Federal income tax. Florida, as one example, has no state income tax, but has tangible personal property tax, real property tax, and sales tax.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      Are all of your countries other problems solved?

      Is there a requirement that a person can only solve a problem if they personally have zero other problems in their life?

      somehow always turns into increasing taxes for everyone else.

      Citation needed. Good luck with that because the exact opposite result is the norm.