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Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis

Angela Merkel's 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 well-planned 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 self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.

Top Cast

  • Imogen Kogge

    Imogen Kogge

    Angela Merkel

  • Josef Bierbichler

    Josef Bierbichler

    Horst Seehofer

  • Wolfgang Pregler

    Wolfgang Pregler

    Thomas de Maizière

  • Tristan Seith

    Tristan Seith

    Peter Altmaier

  • Rüdiger Vogler

    Rüdiger Vogler

    Wolfgang Schäuble

  • Timo Dierkes

    Timo Dierkes

    Sigmar Gabriel

  • Walter Sittler

    Walter Sittler

    Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  • Gisela Aderhold

    Gisela Aderhold

    Beate Baumann

  • Silvina Buchbauer

    Silvina Buchbauer

    Eva Christiansen

Overview

Angela Merkel's 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 well-planned 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 self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.

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