Yes. They did. Because they were not aware of how many would eventually arrive.
They are now aware and want the import to end.
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And Mama Merkel is not there anymore telling everybody "Wir schaffen das" without telling them how.
She was good about preaching the gospel of Immigration Endsieg.
She is so smart, everyone assumed she was making some sort of sense.
I'm sorry, voters elected representatives fully aware they would import foreigners? 😅
There's no "we the people" in politics. There are institutional interests and the interests of the taxpayers. Representatives cannot represent both.