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In Germany, Thilo Sarrazin's lament that immigrants are destroying the country was a runaway best-seller, while Chancellor Angela Merkel, though condemning the book, declared that multiculturalism had "utterly failed": the Turks imported to do the dirty work in Germany are failing to become blond and blue-eyed, true Aryans.
Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order 2011
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Thilo Sarrazin's Deutschland Schafft Sich Ab (Germany is Digging its Own Grave) has sold more than a million copies and led to 20% of Germans saying that they would consider voting for a Sarrazin party.
German far right emerges from shadows to join Cologne campaign against mosque Kate Connolly in Cologne 2010
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Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, reiterated the chancellor's call for the Bundesbank to consider Sarrazin's future.
Angela Merkel calls for banker's sacking over remarks on Jews and Muslims 2010
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The Turkish-German writer and sociologist Necla Kelek, who was at Sarrazin's side when he presented his book to the public, said the banker was doing Germany a service and that he shared his concerns about the country's future.
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German-Jewish groups, for instance, are among Sarrazin's staunchest critics, calling him a dangerous racist.
Economist's views on Muslims spark controversy in Germany 2010
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Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said that Sarrazin's remarks had "clearly damaged the national and international standing of the bank" and managers should consider his future.
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In an interview on the state broadcaster ARD, she called Sarrazin's statements "totally unacceptable" and "discriminatory? they show contempt towards entire groups in society".
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He said it was good for Germany to be having the debate, adding that Sarrazin's critics were in danger of "appearing to want to stifle the ability of someone who thinks differently from them from speaking the truth".
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The leadership of the SPD was preparing to review Sarrazin's membershiptoday after the party leader, Sigmar Gabriel, said: "I don't know where he belongs in our party any more."
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Meanwhile, the general secretary of the Central Council of Jews told the author that he would be better suited to the far-right National Democratic party following Sarrazin's statement that "all Jews shared the same gene", like Basques.
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