German government in peril after chancellor’s coalition partner rejected EU deal
Angela Merkel is due to meet her rebellious hardline interior minister,Horst Seehofer, on Monday afternoon for a final-ditch attempt to find a compromise over migration policy, or following weeks of strife which threatens to bring down her coalition government.
Seehofer – who threatened to resign on Sunday night both as interior minister and head of the Bavarian CSU party – and the chancellor,who is head of the much larger CDU, have signalled their readiness to meet once again in an attempt to save their centre-right alliance, and which has been a force in German politics for nearly 70 years. A spy at the main priorities set out in in the German coalition agreement,which will guide policy-making for the next four years.
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Source: theguardian.com