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Europe's refugee crisis: 'we do not yet have the order, the control, that we would like to have' (Photo: CDU)

Merkel: euro and open borders 'directly linked'

Open borders and the eurozone are “directly linked”, German chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday (11 January) in response to the largest refugee crisis Europe has faced since World War II.

“Nobody should pretend that you can have a common currency without being able to cross borders reasonably easily,” Merkel said according to German media.

She added that if countries were ...

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