Merkel Anatomy of a Crisis

Angela Merkels decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country some praised the moral stance others criticized the surrender of sovereignty Yet what would appear to be wellplanned activity is in reality a policy of muddling along chance trial and error The Driven Ones is a chronicle of the refugee crisis which shows that the political actors are being driven along crushed between selfimposed constraints and events that have spun out of control