27-09-2022, 08:52 PM
CDU leader Merz criticized the fact that many people fled from Ukraine to Germany, but were still visiting their home country, as "social tourism". Now he retracted the statement. The SPD accuses Merz of using the "tactics of the AfD".CDU leader Friedrich Merz has apologized for his "social tourism" statement about refugees from Ukraine.
"If my choice of words is perceived as hurtful, then I apologize in all forms," Merz tweeted in the morning. There was a lot of criticism for his words about refugees from Ukraine, explained Merz and added that he regretted the use of the word "social tourism".
We are now experiencing social tourism from these refugees: to Germany, back to the Ukraine, to Germany, back to the Ukraine.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/merz-uk...d-103.html
"If my choice of words is perceived as hurtful, then I apologize in all forms," Merz tweeted in the morning. There was a lot of criticism for his words about refugees from Ukraine, explained Merz and added that he regretted the use of the word "social tourism".
We are now experiencing social tourism from these refugees: to Germany, back to the Ukraine, to Germany, back to the Ukraine.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/merz-uk...d-103.html