just this tuesday we have had a member of the cdu, a regional politicianan, the interior minister of the german state, in the eastern germany, saying, "we must state that we are in a state of war. some people here cannot see that." so a pretty thinly veil the attack at german politicians and their stance on immigration. angelamerkel herself -- merkel has been taken to task by members of the public, members of her own party, over her stance on refugees. recently her party held a convention when she was carried cdu,as the leader of the by a lesser percentage than in the past. she is under pressure to make some changes, and she has been shifting her stance. .ngela merkel has backtracked she says that never again will germany allow the same quantity of refugees into the country as it did in 2015, saying that was a one-off situation for exceptional circumstances. she has also tried to strike a harder tone on immigrants, calling for a ban on the rail, saying it was not consistent with german values, and trying to strike a harder tone to become more in tune perhaps with public fears, fears