Dutch welcome Germans to Europe's immigration debate

By Thomas Burmeister
Amsterdam - Angela Merkel does not make the covers of Dutch newspapers very often.
But the German chancellor's assertion last week that 'multiculturalism has absolutely failed' in her country was headline news in the Netherlands.
As far as the Dutch are concerned, the Germans - whom they consider to sometimes be politically behind the times - have finally woken up.
'Welcome, Germany, to the European immigration debate,' the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw proclaimed in an editorial this week.
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