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Terrorist attack in the central Tiergarten Park on Saturday night from individual in a "de-radicalization course" after a suspended sentence. Somehow the German court system and court systems in Europe are not functioning as they should to keep people safe. The Mayor of Berlin, Dobrindt, says the individual had a conviction and history of radicalization. Chancellor Merz said before entering a memorial service in St Mary's Church in the center of Berlin- “These criminals, these extremists, have no place in the middle of our society.” “And we will not allow this poison of terrorism and this poison against our freedom to spread further." With priorities such as infrastructure rebuilding throughout Europe, reindustrialization, climate change, transport infrastructure, it is incomprehensible how European leaders have tackled migration crises and allowed these extraneous issues to distract from the hard work ahead. Much could have been done in the home countries to help economies in poorer nations get back on their feet without damaging the social fabric of European society through migration. Migration not going beyond what European societies need and international cooperation requires, with organized processing and screening in their home countries, is needed action.  Merz has taken action for the CDU in this government to a great extent. This is part of the legacy left by a previous government of chancellor Merkel, that includes the debt brake that left German infrastructure in a broken and dilapidated state without investment. It will take time to correct the damage done in Europe from that period under Schroeder and Merkel similar to the damage done by administrations in that period in the US from Bush to Obama.