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People are gathered at the Cologne, Germany, main station, in this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo. German police said Wednesday Jan. 6, 2016 that they are investigating whether a string of sexual assaults and thefts at New Year is linked to a known criminal network. The assaults in Cologne last week have prompted outrage in Germany and a fresh debate about immigration, after police said the perpetrators appeared to be of "Arab or North African origin." (Markus Boehm/dpa via AP)

German police: New Year assaults may be linked to crime ring

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

A passenger has her ID checked at the train station Copenhagen International Airport in Kastrup to prevent illegal migrants entering Sweden on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. The station is the last stop before crossing the Oresund Bridge into Sweden. Sweden requires train companies with service across a bridge-and-tunnel link from Denmark to refuse passengers without ID. (Tariq Mikkel Khan/Polfoto via AP)

Sweden, Denmark introduce border checks to stem migrant flow

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and KARL RITTER - Associated Press

Refugees and migrants wait on a platform for a special train that will take them to Dortmund in western Germany at the central station in Munich on Sept. 13, 2015. (Associated Press)

Munich police warn of ‘imminent threat’ of terror attack, evacuate train stations

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (front left) poses with (from left) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and U.S. President Barack Obama during a group photo of G-7 leaders and Outreach guests at the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen on June 8, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama to travel to Germany in April

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tamped down — at least for now — the outrage and a flight of support from her Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, among conservative voters who fear that the approximately 1 million refugees arriving in Europe's largest economy this year might include terrorists like those who staged mass shootings in Paris last month. (Associated Press)

Angela Merkel stands firm amid Germany refugee crisis

By Mihret Yohannes and Angela Waters - Special to The Washington Times

In this Dec. 12, 2015 picture bicycles stand next to a destroyed entrance of a building that was attacked in Hamburg , northern Germany. Police say they are looking for a group of up to 20 people who wrote "Facebook Dislike" on the social media firm's German headquarters in Hamburg. The unidentified group of people also threw paint bombs and damaged doors and windows at the American company's building in Hamburg's Neustadt neighborhood. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)

Facebook, Twitter, Google adopt hate speech rules in Germany

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Marine Le Pen, leader of France's National Front Party, celebrates with a breakout star: her 26-year-old niece, Marion Marechal-Le Pen, who was one of the big vote-getters Sunday in the southern region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur. (Associated Press)

Marine Le Pen’s National Front surges in France in ‘wake-up call’ for Europe

By Maya Vidon-White - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, file photo, German Chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel, thanks delegates for their standing ovations after her speech at the party convention in Cologne, Germany. Merkel has been named as Time's Person of the Year, the publication announced Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, praised by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Donald Trump: Angela Merkel ‘ruining Germany’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and Nazi Germany's declaration of war against the United States in World War II by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

THOMAS DIBACCO: Remembering Pearl Harbor

By Thomas V. DiBacco

The Islamification of Germany Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CAL THOMAS: Angela Merkel denial over impact of immigration

By Cal Thomas

An Islamic State member rests along the Euphrates River in Raqqa, Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump calls for ‘beautiful safe zone’ in Syria for refugees

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

French, left, and German police control cars at the French-German border near Saarbruecken, southwestern Germany, Sunday Nov. 15, 2015. Multiple attacks across Paris on Friday night have left scores dead and hundreds injured. ( (Oliver Dietze/dpa via AP)

Three people arrested in Germany in connection to the Paris attacks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A police officer carries a submachine gun outside the HDI-Arena in Hanover, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. The international friendly between Germany and Holland match was called off at short notice and the stadium was evacuated. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

Germany-Netherlands soccer game cancelled after police find bomb-laden ambulance nearby

Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Associated Press)

Angela Merkel on defensive over Germany’s refugee policy, spy scandal

By John Dyer - Special to The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers to questions during a news conference with the President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, at the chancellery, in Berlin, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Angela Merkel grapples with strife in Germany over migrants

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella closes a presentation of new devices, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Microsoft plots data centers in Germany to stifle U.S. surveillance

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive for the first plenary session of the G-7 summit in Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Sunday, June 7, 2015. (Peter Kneffel/Pool Photo via AP)

Germany spied on FBI, U.S. companies, French minister, UN, Vatican

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani listens to the national anthem after putting flowers on the &quot;Independence Minaret&quot; monument during an Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Aug. 19, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan will accept deportees from Germany

Associated Press

Illustration on Angela Merkel's shrinking stature as leader of Germany by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The decline of modern Germany

By Victor Davis Hanson