German lawmaker Weber says more fences needed on Europe's borders - paper

Manfred Weber, General Manager of the association of German Banks (Bankenverband) pauses during a news conference in Frankfurt November 24, 2008. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

BERLIN (Reuters) - More fences will be needed to protect Europe's borders, a conservative German politician told a newspaper on Wednesday, sharpening the tone in a debate about how to deal with refugees.

"There will have to be more fences," Manfred Weber, an influential member of the sister party of chancellor Angela Merkel Christian Democrats, told the Passauer Neue Presse.