Bangladesh, May 26 -- Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a grave warning about the future of the European Union, claiming that the bloc could face destruction if member states continue tightening border controls and abandoning collective migration policies. Her remarks, delivered at the Southwestern Press Forum in Neu-Ulm during a presentation of her memoir Freedom, mark a dramatic reentry into political discourse at a moment of surging nationalism across Europe.

Merkels comments come in response to new migration control measures implemented by Chancellor Friedrich Merzs cabinet, which prohibit asylum applications at all German land borders, save for exceptions involving children, pregnant women, and vulnerable individuals...