[l] Spanien fährt übrigens die gegenteilige Migrationspolitik der anderen EU-Länder und scheint damit ganz erfolgreich zu sein.

“Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country,” he told parliament in October. “It’s as simple as that.”

Migration was not only a question of humanity, he said, but – in a country where the birthrate ranked among the lowest in the EU – it was the only realistic means of growing the economy and sustaining the welfare state.

Das ist bei uns natürlich ganz genau so.

Aber funktioniert das in der Praxis? Ja!

Months on, his stance has seemingly been backed by economic data: Spain’s economy expanded by 3.2% last year. This far outpaced Germany’s 0.2% contraction, France’s 1.1% growth and Italy’s 0.5%. The figure was also ahead of Britain, whose total GDP grew by 0.9% last year and the Netherlands’ 0.8% growth.

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