Leader of Merkel's party says xenophobia is poisoning our society


By Reuters

PARIS - The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) said on Thursday that xenophobia was a growing problem in Germany after a suspected right-wing extremist shot nine people dead in two shisha bars.

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“It’s poison to see people as opponents, to see yourself as better than others, to see fellow citizens as foreigners - that’s a poison that is increasingly penetrating society and can ultimately lead to these crimes,” Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said.

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