PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA has praised Angela Merkel for her handling of the escalating EU migrant crisis despite growing cracks in the German chancellor’s power base as her approval ratings plummet over her immigration stance.
During a visit to Hannover, the US president said: “She is on the right side of history on this.
"In this globalised world, it is very difficult for us to simply build walls.”
His remarks come amid an increasingly fractious debate over radical Islamism in Germany, sparked by Mrs Merkel's ill-fated open door asylum policy.
Shocking opinion polls delivered a crushing blow to the German Chancellor as it was revealed Mrs Merkel's conservatives lost in two out of three state elections.
Germans appear to be punishing her accommodative refugee policy.
More than 1.1 million migrants entered Germany last year, with most coming from Middle Eastern and North African countries.
But Mrs Merkel's grip on power is growing ever weaker, with rebellion growing across the country against her controversial immigration policies.
