Angela Merkel’s domestic security crisis

For months, many Germans have worried that the exodus of refugees into their country would upend their comfortable existence, straining state coffers and public services. Now, they worry something even more dear is at stake: their safety.

 

In the wake of the New Year’s Eve attacks on hundreds of women by foreigners in Cologne and other cities, Angela Merkel’s greatest challenge has shifted from convincing Germans they can shoulder the burden of more than 1 million newcomers to reassuring her citizens she can keep them safe.

 

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