Europe wants to build a Trump-like wall to stop immigration
Nehammer calls for a fence around Europe
“We need to ‘pull the brake’ on illegal migration in the EU,” said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, emphatically at a meeting held on February 9 in Brussels where several European heads of government addressed the issue of migration.
According to Reuters, the Austrian president alluded to a wall or fence to protect Europe, which is inevitably reminiscent of Trump’s famous project on the border between Mexico and the United States.
What the Austrian chancellor defended his view in Brussels that the European Union should finance border walls, something for which until now there was no aid: “”We need the money for it, no matter if you call it a fence or boarder infrastructure.”
Karl Nehammer, belongs to the conservative Austrian ÖVP party. The politician clearly demanded walls and fences to protect the EU and take action against the acute refugee crisis. A sentiment that is rarely expressed so clearly and resulted in the rejection of the idea by the other leaders of the European Union.
The extreme right that governs in some European countries, represented by the Hungarian Viktor Orban and the Italian Giorgia Meloni, support building walls. In fact, Orban assured that the only problem with what he built on the border of his country is that “it is not high enough.”
Despite the opposition of some countries, on Friday, February 11, European aid to build these Trump-era-like fences and wall was approved at the summit held in Brussels on migration policy.
Shortly before the beginning of this special council of the European Union on migration policy held in Brussels, Nehammer assured that Europe is in an acute crisis and that, therefore, clear and rapid measures must be taken.
The Austrian chancellor told the German newspaper Bild: “The protection of the EU’s external borders is a necessity, not a whim.”
The politician also said in relation to the free space for travel within Europe: “If Europe cannot protect its borders, then the Schengen area will lead to absurdity.”
The Austrian leader insisted: “Empty phrases will not suffice.” For Nehammer it is clear that immigration is a threat and a problem that only has one solution: walls and fences.
