'Burkas DO NOT comply with Germany' Merkel's ally DEMANDS chancellor bans full-faced veils
ANGELA Merkel’s party has ramped up the pressure on the beleaguered German chancellor, calling for a complete ban of full-face veils.
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Peter Tauber, the General Secretary of Merkel’s Christian Democrats said in a press conference the burka “does not comply with Germany".
He said: “The full-face veil… does not comply with Germany, and we reject it.
Peter Tauber says the full face veil does not comply with German values
We are the one party that makes sure that Germany is a safe country, and that it remains a safe country
“We are the one party that makes sure that Germany is a safe country, and that it remains a safe country.”
Tauber also called for the ban of the niqab – which only shows a woman’s eyes – as part of Germany’s bid to tighten security in the wake of the terror attacks last month.
The ally to Merkel tightened the pressure on the chancellor just a month after Germany’s deputy finance minister Jens Spahn declared himself a “burkaphobe”.
The senior minister said: “We all have underestimated a year ago what was about to hit us, with this great migration movement.”
He described the process of integrating immigrants as a “Herculean task” and argued that Germany should expect a “willingness to adapt” by people wanting to live there.
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Mr Spahn commented: “Anyone who thinks that men are worth more than women, who refuses to learn German or to send his daughter to school swimming lessons should seek shelter in a different country, one that better suits him.”
The legislation to ban the burka would need to be agreed by the 16 German state governments to become a country-wide ban.
Minister Jens Spahn described himself as a burkaphobe
Spahn added: “We face the biggest problem of a lack of willingness to integrate with immigrants from the Arab world.
“At Ikea I often run into women wearing a full-face veil. This is a social change that I do not want.
“A ban of the full-face veil, meaning the niqab and burka, is overdue as a signal to the world. I do not want to see a burka in this country. In this sense I am a burkaphobe.”