Turkih PM Erdogan in Favor of Turkish Schools, Universities in Germany
During a meeting with Merkel and school students from Berlin on Friday, Feb 8, to discuss problems of young migrants such as language barriers, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he was in favour of integration and against assimilation. The Turkish leader said he supported integration efforts but people's differences must be accepted. "In Germany, it should be possible for high schools to be set up where the teaching is in Turkish," Erdogan said, adding he also favored the idea of Turkish-language universities in Germany. Germany is home to Western Europe's biggest population of Turks -- about 2.5 million people.
Note EU-Digest: Erdogan's plan which has met with scepticism in Germany makes no sense at all. The priority of Turks or any other foreign national who choses to immigrate to a EU nation should be that he or she needs to assimilate and learn the language of their new home country. EU governments should not get involved in subsidizing schools which are based on providing immigrants the opportunity to stay connected with their culture, language or religion.
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