Business daily Handelsblatt said: "Above all, the new situation puts the chancellor in a difficult position."/ (アンスバッハ自爆後) Sahra Wagenknecht of the far-left Linke party criticized as "flippant" Merkel's mantra of "Wir schaffen das", or "We can do this," for handling the influx.(
Merkel has not been to the scene of any of the attacks in Germany - an absence that has raised questions about her leadership. "How big will the pressure on Merkel be?" asked mass-selling daily Bild.(