Politics, culture wars cloud migrant debate in central Europe

WARSAW: Ahead of Wednesday's emergency European Union summit to tackle a mounting migration crisis, conservative media in Poland made a last-minute push to rally public opinion against accepting refugees fleeing war in the Middle East. While Germany's Der Spiegel magazine depicted Chancellor Angela Merkel on its cover as "Mother Angela", ministering to refugees, a conservative Polish weekly, wSieci, dressed centre-right Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz in a burqa holding explosives.