Germany: CDU Says They Want to Take Germany Out of the European Court of Human Rights

Jens Spahn doesn’t strike me as the most trustworthy fella

Most of the problems people associate with the EU actually come from this one unhinged court that isn’t even part of the EU itself.

If Germany were to actually leave it, it would give all the other countries caught in it some breathing room.

It’s not very likely this will actually happen, but let’s hope it will.

European Conservative:

Germany’s leading opposition party, the centre-right CDU, would be willing to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to be able to pursue tougher asylum policies.

In an interview with The Times, Jens Spahn, a former minister and a prominent member of the CDU, said his party wants to bring down the levels of illegal immigration to Germany once it enters government, but the problem is that over decades, European courts have defined the right to asylum in a broad way that goes far beyond the principles set out in the original ECHR.

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Germany has had to deal with an influx of hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants since the start of the European migration crisis a decade ago. The CDU was largely to blame for this, as its then-leader, previous chancellor Angela Merkel, pursued a pro-migration policy, opening up Germany’s borders to migrants fleeing war-torn Syria.

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However, the CDU, which polls suggest will win the snap elections in February, believes these steps do not go far enough, and the party wants to see illegal immigrants who are not eligible for asylum turned back at Germany’s border. “We are learning everything from our mistakes,” Spahn said of the Merkel era.

For effective measures to be put in place, Jens Spahn believes that a coordinated European effort to change European laws on asylum would be needed, otherwise a CDU government would “think again” about Germany’s membership in the ECHR.

There’s a lot more problems coming from this court than just the immigration ones

The European Convention on Human Rights entered into force more than seventy years ago, and all members of the Council of Europe (46 European countries) are signatories. Any person who feels their rights have been violated under the convention can take their case to the European Court of Human Rights.

The court has been accused countless times of advocating liberal-left values and infringing upon the rights of sovereign states, who have no choice but to accept the court’s rulings.

One such recent ruling caused outrage in Germany. The country was condemned and forced to pay compensation to a migrant who had first arrived in Greece before travelling on to Germany, where he was arrested and sent back to Greece. The court inexplicably ruled that Germany had failed to ensure that the man would receive a suitable asylum procedure on arrival in Greece.

The most heated debate on leaving the ECHR has been going on in the United Kingdom, where European court rulings on issues such as the deportation of migrants, climate policies, or whether prisoners can vote at elections have interfered with domestic politics. Many conservative politicians have called for the UK to leave the EHCR, and Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party believes there should be a referendum on the matter.

There has been outrage about ECHR rulings in other countries, too. The court recently condemned both Poland and Romania for the lack of legal recognition for same-sex partnerships, which, they claim, violates the human rights of such couples.

Transnational organizations are experiencing a sandpile style collapse.

No one can explain who they benefit. No one can explain it, because no one is allowed to say “the Jews.”

The entire population of Africa has the basic human right to move to Europe, but you have no right to homeschool your kids