The folly of Merkel’s policies are being revealed in all sorts of new ways.
“Police union leader blasts German gov’t for no ban on flights from Iran,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, March 17, 2020:
BERLIN – Jörg Radek, deputy chairman of the German police union, on Monday sharply rebuked Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government for failing to restrict air traffic from coronavirus-infected Iran.
“If we close the land border, then we must also restrict air traffic,” he told news outlet RND. It would be best if certain planes “did not even start,” he said.
Regarding travel from Iran, “you have to take measures so that this is not possible.” Radek said.
Iran is at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. The death rate has reached 853, and 14,991 people are infected with the virus, Iranian authorities reported. The real numbers of deaths and infections are believed to be significantly higher due to the opaque nature of reporting in a society deemed not to be free.
Merkel’s administration has permitted flights from US-sanctioned IranAir to land in German cities.
Germany’s Transportation Ministry on Monday said it planned to halt flights from Iran and China….