Germany’s border clampdown threatens the entire European project | Maurice Stierl

No wonder Viktor Orban and Geert Wilders are cheering. Olaf Scholz is helping them to reshape the EU as they want it

The far right across Europe used to dream of seeing their countries leave the European Union. In France, they called for a Frexit; in Germany, it was Dexit. But recently these calls have quietened. The reason is not that far-right parties have become enamoured of the EU, but rather they now understand that instead of quitting, they can reshape the EU into a collection of strong" nation states that will each enact their own rightwing anti-migration agenda.

Dr Maurice Stierl is a migration and border researcher at the University of Osnabruck, Germany

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