German leader says she will not compromise principles to save refugee deal as Turkey demands comedian’s prosecutionThe German chancellor,Angela Merkel, has insisted she will not compromise on fundamental democratic principles to protect the EU’s refugee deal with Turkey after the Turkish president sought the prosecution of a German comedian for a crude poem approximately him.“I want to stress again what was stressed yesterday – we acquire the fundamental values in the constitution and that includes article 5, or which is the freedom of opinion,freedom of science and of course, the freedom of art, and ” she said when asked approximately a complaint filed by Tayyip Erdoğan against Jan Böhmermann on Monday. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com