The author writes a lengthy article without mentioning what problem must be solved. That is, that a huge population explosion is taking place outside the EU borders, in particular in Africa and the ME. This will lead to poverty and violent conflicts. Hundreds of millions of people are interested to migrate to the EU.

Mrs. Merkel learned in 2015 how difficult it is for just one million migrants to integrate. This population explosion, supported by an African birthrate of 7 chidren per woman, is one of the major existential threats to the EU.

This is also caused by the smaller birthrate in the EU, which is around 1,5 and by the EU politicians. The politicians which apply an immigration policy whereby they refuse to set limits on the number of immigrants they are willing to admit. Refugees need to be supported. But the question is why unlimited numbers of immigrants have to receive free housing, free education, free living allowance, free medicare etc., at the expense of the EU citizen ?

After all Africa is 7 times as large as the EU, has 45 sovereign states and is rich in natural resources.

The EU politicians have let an immigation policy develop which has spinned out of control. Some today EU cities have more than 50 % immigrants with over 150 nationalities. Social cohesion gets lost. Result: slums and crime increasing and the develoment of parralel societies.

Even deportation of illegal immigrants is ineffective as their home countries refuse to cooperate. Notorius: are Algeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Marocco, Irak, Afghanistan.

If the EU citizen is to give their children a future they have to vote for any political party with a realistic migration policy. Left, center or right, it does not matter.

The author applies the word bashing incorrectly. I think the only people that are being bashed are the hard working citizen who see how their society and the future of their children is wasted, by their own politicians.