Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 8040 the recent elections. Maybe we should talk a little bit about that. Farrell: The Christian Democratic Union is her political party, and the other big one is the Social Democrats. It’s important for people to remem- ber that Merkel was a protégé of the former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Of course, this means that she, like Kohl, has huge connections and backing from the big German chemicals firms – Bayer, BASF, and so on. Just think of IG Farben when you think of Angela Merkel. Fitts: Exactly. Farrell: She has been the lynch pin of the Eu- ropean refugee policy. Of course, it is hugely unpopular in Europe – in the Netherlands and in France and in Sweden and in Germany, provok- ing a backlash and formation of political parties that appear to want to defend their borders and their culture. I put it in those terms, Catherine, because there are two elements within these po- litical parties. One element, which I think represents the ma- jority, are just angry Germans who are looking at all of the rapes and other things happening in their country and, the fact that the refugees are being given special privileges and advertise- ments are being run on German TV for German women to adopt the hijab and make everybody feel welcome and multicultural. Fitts: Who is running that? Farrell: I am not sure, but I think it’s the Ger- man government. There has been the inevitable reaction from Germans, the birthplace of the Reformation. This is just not going to happen. They’re pushing back against this, and they de- livered Angela Merkel in Berlin a huge local elec- tion defeat when these parties won the election. They delivered her a sound drubbing. Within these parties are fringe fascist elements that worry me. This movement in Europe against the refugees and to defend European and na- tional culture, we see in France with Marine Le Pen and we see in the Netherlands with Geert Wilders. This pushback isn’t going to go away until she goes away and the policies change. Now she is backpedaling as a result of election defeat. Maybe her policy wasn’t really all that good. This is too little too late, Angela. I think her government is in danger. I don’t think the CDU will be returned to power, even in a coali- tion government. What I’m looking to see happen in the next major German national elections is I suspect the SPD will take power in a coalition government, and the SPD will try to try to tighten these refu- gee policies and make immigration much more difficult. That’s my best guess. The other problem is that Germans can see that much of that policy is driven, not so much in Berlin but in Washington, and more impor- tantly, in Silicon Valley. Fitts: Right. Farrell: George Soros was behind much of this dislocation. and there is your fascist connection. If Merkel does somehow stay in power, her government will be weak, and she is going to be much less the commander in chief of the Euro- pean Union than she has been. I really expect the same thing in France. There are big rumblings in France. Holland’s govern- ment is in trouble for the same reasons. He is now trying to front a candidate to take the wind out of Marine Le Pen’s sails. I don’t think he can succeed. This website members in France are telling me. Those two countries are fed up. Ultimately, what this means is they are fed up with Washington. That is the biggest news. Fitts: I think they are all fed up with destruction of productivity and wealth. Farrell: Exactly, and you can’t blame them. This damage is coming out of Mr. Global, but for Europeans, that means Washington. To a certain extent, they are correct. I think we are looking at the long-range disso- lution of NATO. I’ve pointed this out in our last talk. Rheinmetall and Nexter, are huge German and French armament firms that re- cently merged. I believe they’ve merged is to II. News Trends & Stories “ They delivered Angela Merkel in Berlin a huge local election defeat when these parties won the election. They delivered her a sound drubbing. ”