GETTY Angela Merkel has been slammed by Dr Guy Millière

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The scorching attack levied by top author Dr Guy Millière, a professor at the University of Paris, says the German leader has been given an easy time by her weary population amid a crisis of massive proportions. In a recently published essay, Dr Millière says just 34,000 of the 1.2 million migrants who arrived in Germany in 2014 and 2015 are now settled and in employment. And scathingly he insisted that the threat from ISIS is akin to the Nazi movement, which sparked the second world war and killed 60 million people, adding that in many other countries "Merkel might have been shamed into resigning" appearing to be aghast that "she is running for re-election".

Just weeks before the Berlin terror attack that killed 12 people and injured 48 others, Mrs Merkel, 62, announced at her Christian Democratic party conference that she was to run for a fourth term in office. But 66-year-old Dr Millière, who supported Donald Trump's bid for the US presidency, and is a former economist at the Bank of France warns that the German economy could soon stagnate. He said: "The German economy is still strong but running out of steam.

GETTY Mrs Merkel gave a statement a day after the attacks

"Returns on invested capital are declining. At a time when human capital is the main source of profits, German human capital is collapsing: people from underdeveloped countries cannot easily replace highly educated Germans. "Most do not have marketable skills; newcomers remain long unemployed and dependent. Of the 1.2 million migrants who arrived in Germany in 2014 and 2015, only 34,000 found work." Dr Millière also appeared to declare that much of the population of Germany feels they cannot speak out about the state of their country.

He added: "The German population is intimidated with fear, both by the antisocial behaviour of many migrants and by the speech police of their own governments. "Many Germans do not even dare to speak. "Those who use public transportation resign themselves to insults. "They bend their head and run for refuge to their homes.

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