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Goodbye, ‘welcome culture.’ Germany bows to far-right pressure and tightens its borders

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68% Informative

Germany 's borders with Belgium , Holland , Luxembourg , France and Denmark have been closed.

Border controls are now in place at the borders with Poland , Austria , the Czech Republic and Switzerland .

A spate of terror attacks ahead of key state elections in right-wing leaning regions thrust the issue of migration front and center of recent votes.

Calls for more checks on Germany ’s borders also mark a step-change at the heart of the European Union .

In 2015 , the long-serving, and ever popular former German chancellor Merkel opened Germany 's borders to migrants fleeing their homes.

In the same period before 2015 that number was just 5.8 million .

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68

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formal

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English

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