Martin Schulz, the German president of the European Parliament
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Martin Schulz, the German president of the European Parliament, fears the 28-member bloc will crumble under the to political unrest caused by the migrant crisis.
He said: "The worst nightmare for the European project is an outbreak of populism or political upheaval in Germany. Now it is looking like a real possibility.
"Nobody knows what we are facing this year. We are threatened as never before."
This week's deadly attacks in Istanbul have intensified the gravity of the growing problem.
Following the arrival of 1.1million migrants into Germany alone and in the wake of sickeningsex attacks in Cologne, member states are telling German Chancellor Angela Merkel ‘we told you so’.
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Germany is straining in its attempts to solve the migrant crisis
As the EU attempts to stem the threat of deadly terror attacks, Germany is straining in its attempts to solve the chaos by opening reception centres and apportioning asylum seekers between nations.
An explosive political fallout is now feared.
A veteran EU diplomat warned: "Looking at Germany, especially after Cologne, there is the objective basis for political explosion if someone lights the fuse."
The concerns were echoed by Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, who added: "The EU was tested to its limits [in 2015] and I cannot see anything to indicate this year will be any different."
More than 40 politicians in Merkel’s Christian Democrat Party signed a petition to close its doors to refugees following the sex attacks in Cologne.
The chancellor has come under intense pressure to change her “open-door” policy after it was revealed asylum seekers were among suspects in the vicious New Year’s Eve attacks.
More than 650 women have now come forward to file criminal complaints over the attacks, around 45 per cent of them for sexual assault.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/634693/EU-threat-terrorism-Islamic-State-migrant-crisis-Germany-Angela-Merkel
EU will FALL amid terror and migrant strain - and it's starting in Germany, admits EU head
THE European Union faces being destroyed under the growing threat of terrorism, which has sparked the influx of migrants into Europe, the European Parliament's President has warned.
By REBECCA PERRING
14:50, Thu, Jan 14, 2016 | UPDATED: 17:24, Thu, Jan 14, 2016
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