Media reactions
2016
April
Huffington Post
("Refugee agreement effective: 80 percent less migrants arriving in Greece")
10 April 2016
24.hu
("EU-Turkey agreement: there is an unofficial promise")
10 April 2016
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
("Bosnia and EU: Between challenges and weaknesses")
10 April 2016
Die Zeit
("EU Commission wants to distribute asylum seekers more fairly")
6 April 2016
POLICYhub
("Statistics are (not) important: public policies and dinner for five")
6 April 2016
ABC Radio
5 April 2016
Deutsche Welle
("A credible strategy is still lacking")
interview with Gerald Knaus. Also available in Greek: Λείπει μια αξιόπιστη στρατηγική
5 April 2016
Financieele Dagblad
("The plan's author is concerned about its implementation")
5 April 2016
De Redactie
("Migrant swap with Turkey has started")
4 April 2016
ARD
("Obstacles to the Turkey deal: interview with Gerald Knaus")
3 April 2016
NOS
("Angry Syrians on the island of Chios are being sent back to Turkey")
video interview with Gerald Knaus
3 April 2016
March
SME
("The route through Libya is more expensive and more dangerous, but there is no other possibility")
31 March 2016
Die Zeit
("The chancellor's ghostwriters")
video interview with Gerald Knaus
30 March 2016
Die Welt
("Athens' laws thwart the EU refugee plan")
30 March 2016
Süddeutsche Zeitung
("Why relief agencies are leaving the Greek refugee camps")
29 March 2016
Offsite News
("Five difficulties in implementing the EU-Turkey aggreement")
29 March 2016
NRC Handelsblad
("I reconcile myself with the injury, the result is within")
29 March 2016
Tportal.hr
("If the EU-Turkey refugee deal fails, there is no plan B")
27 March 2016
Eurasia review
26 March 2016
El Español
("Talking to the brain behind the refugee deal: 'Turkey trusts Germany'")
26 March 2016
protothema.gr
("The 'father' of the EU-Turkey Agreement at THEMA: They asked for a wall in the north of Greece")
25 March 2016
Die Zeit
("Brussels - Terror as weapon against the open society")
video interview with Gerald Knaus
23 March 2016
NRC Handelsblad
("Now quickly an airlift for Syrians to Europe")
22 March 2016
La Vanguardia
("Turkey cares better for refugees than Greece")
21 March 2016
ABC Radio
interview with Gerald Knaus
21 March 2016
ARD
("EU/Turkey: who's behind the Merkel Plan?")
20 March 2016
Bayern2
("What do you think about the deal with Turkey?")
Gerald Knaus in call-in show on German radio
18 March 2016
TRT World
18 March 2016
Focus
("Germany should have acted earlier – Now the "Merkel-Plans" mastermind speaks out")
17 March 2016
The Huffington Post
("Merkel's whisperer: The man who designed her refugee policy explains what she really wants")
17 March 2016
Telepolis
("Merkel's plan, Samsom's plan, Turkish plans or all ESI")
17 March 2016
Berlingske
("The reality in Greece poses difficult conditions for the Turkish plan")
17 March 2016
Il Foglio
("The mind behind the EU-Turkey Plan explains what is the next move. A chat with Gerald Knaus")
17 March 2016
The Balkans in Europe Policy Blog
17 March 2016
Die Presse
("The secret, second deal with Turkey")
16 March 2016
Die Welt
("The money from Europe is not a dirty deal")
16 March 2016