Angela Merkel signals she may back down from open-door refugee policy after disastrous Berlin election 

Angela Merkel on Monday signalled for the first time that she was prepared to change her controversial refugee policy in the wake of heavy losses to the resurgent far-Right in regional elections.

 

“If I knew what change in refugee policy the people in Germany want, I would be prepared to consider it,” Mrs Merkel said.

 

“If I could, I would go back in time to be better prepared for the refugee crisis in 2015, for which we were rather unprepared.”

 

Mrs Merkel was speaking at a specially arranged press conference to address her Christian Democrat (CDU) party’s disastrous performance in Berlin state elections at the weekend.

 

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