Merkel’s Legacy: Christmas Markets Behind Barricades – How Germany Chose Bollards Over Borders (Video)

The Christmas Market at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, once a symbol of festive joy and Christian heritage, now stands as a chilling testament to the failure of Germany’s leadership. Massive “Merkel bollards” and armed police with automatic weapons line the perimeter, not to protect against an abstract threat but to defend against the very real danger brought by Islamic mass migration.

It was here, in December 2016, that jihadist Anis Amri — a so-called “refugee” — drove a truck into the crowd, murdering twelve innocent people. Seven years later, Germany’s response has been shamefully weak. Rather than addressing the root cause — mass migration from countries rife with jihadist ideology — the authorities erect concrete barriers and pat themselves on the back for their “safety measures.”

But who is this security really for? Is it for Germans who want to enjoy mulled wine, cookies, and Christmas music without the looming fear of terror? Or is it an attempt to save face — to pretend that years of suicidal migration policies have not turned once-peaceful cities into targets?

The Junge Freiheit video exposes this absurd reality. A reporter dryly notes the barricades, the narrowed streets, and the police presence. “Wouldn’t they have been better placed at the German border?” A question so simple it seems almost rhetorical, yet it cuts to the heart of the matter.

For decades, Germany’s leadership has imported a population from cultures hostile to Western values — people who despise Christmas, Christians, and everything these markets represent. Instead of deporting the jihadists and those who support them, the government offers candles, teddy bears, and hollow platitudes after every terror attack. Instead of protecting its people, the state protects its policies.

And the attacks keep coming. Just days ago, an Iraqi “culture-enricher” was arrested for allegedly planning another jihad assault on a Christmas market in Augsburg. This is not an isolated incident. It is part of a pattern — a pattern made possible by deliberate mass migration policies that flood Europe with individuals who bring not gratitude or integration but hatred and violence.

Germany has been brought to its knees not by a military invasion but by its own leaders’ cowardice. Rather than standing strong for their citizens, they bow to political correctness, refusing to acknowledge that Islamic migration has brought terror into their streets. Concrete barricades are now the cost of Christmas — a cruel price to pay for Merkel’s disastrous open-border legacy.

The solution is glaringly obvious to anyone with common sense: Deport those who hate us. Deport those who want to kill us. Deport those who despise Christian traditions and Western values.

Germany does not need more bollards. It does not need more armed guards patrolling Christmas markets as if preparing for a war zone. What it needs is leadership that is willing to stand up and defend Germany for German culture.

The lives lost at Breitscheidplatz in 2016 — and the many others murdered across Europe in jihadist attacks — demand more than candles and memorials. They demand action. Germany must stop importing those who wish to destroy its culture, values, and people.

The choice is clear: either defend the nation or continue living behind barricades, forever at the mercy of those who despise everything Germany stands for.