German President Joachim Gauck poses after the recording of the traditional Christmas message at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, December 22, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Sohn/Pool
BERLIN (Reuters) - President Joachim Gauck urged Germans to welcome with open arms the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war zones and to reject anti-immigrant populism.
Gauck used his annual Christmas address, to be delivered on national TV on Thursday, to praise Germans who sheltered and supported some 200,000 new refugees this year and to indirectly attack a new anti-asylum movement.
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