MERKEL TRIED TO FORCE UNIONS TO HIRE MUSLIM MIGRANTS AS TRUCK DRIVERS
BY PAMELA GELLER
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You could not make this up if you tried.
Clueless Angela Merkel tried to TRAIN migrants as LORRY DRIVERS ahead of Berlin attack
ANGELA MERKEL tried to force German trade unions to accept asylum seekers as lorry drivers in a bitter row shortly before the Christmas market tragedy in Berlin.The Express, December 22, 2016:
Angela Merkel pressured trade unions to take on refugees as lorry drivers before the terror attack
Twelve people were killed and 48 others injured when a man suspected of being an asylum seeker and part of the Islamic State terrorist group drove into a Christmas market in the country’s capital.
Up to £84,000 (100,000€) have been offered to find the 23-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri, who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
But as the country mourns the tragedy ahead of the festive season, it was revealed that Merkel had put massive pressure on unions to speed up the process in which unskilled refugees could be trained as lorry drivers.
The
German leader said in September companies should “consider hiring and
training refugees as lorry drivers” while they are awaiting their asylum
procedure as there is a “big shortage of lorry drivers in the country.”
She said that the plan was to get a change in the
rules to make it cheaper for them to apply for a licence, with the plan
for them to pay just £420 (500€) to swap a Syrian driving licence for a
German one.
Unveiling the plan she said: “We all need to be
ready to implement practical solutions. We have only recently discussed
in the Cabinet the possibilities of allowing a Syrian driving licence to
be converted to a German one for 500€.
CATERS
“And
of course not every refugee will have 500 EUR, so what we want to do is
set up a loan program where they can borrow the money. Then when they
have been working, they can pay the 500€ back. At the end of the day,
lorry drivers are needed all over the place.”
The Organisation of German Professional Lorry Drivers (BDBK) led the opposition to the plan.
At the time, BDBK chairman Wolfgang
Westermann said: “We give a definite no to use refugees as lorry
drivers. Professional lorry drivers need a thorough and qualified
education. You cannot let everyone drive off in a 40-ton lorry.”
The GPS data of the highjacked lorry used in the
Christmas market attack allegedly showed the difficulties for an
untrained person learning to drive such a lorry.
AFP
The
manager of the Polish transport company which owns the lorry, said that
the alleged perpetrator most likely did not have experience behind the
wheel.
Ariel Zurawski said: “The GPS data suggests that somebody first needed to practice his driving.”
He explained that GPS data show that the lorry was driving in an “uncontrolled manner.”