Posted: Dec 06, 2016 5:18 pm
Mutti has started the ball rolling.
Angela Merkel calls for burqa ban 'wherever legally possible' in Germany
The full-face veil should be banned, wherever it is legally possible,' Chancellor tells party
Angela Merkel has called for a burqa ban in Germany and said the refugee crisis “must never be repeated” while making her pitch for a fourth term as Chancellor.
Addressing her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Ms Merkel said she would support a nationwide prohibition on Islamic veils covering the face.
"The full-face veil is not acceptable in our country," she told delegates in Essen, sparking rapturous applause. "It should be banned, wherever it is legally possible."
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