A Battle Over Migration Is Threatening to Topple Angela Merkel
Germany’s government is fraught with infighting.
by Yasmeen Serhan
Jun 15, 2018
3 minutes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has so far withstood the battle over migration that has convulsed politics across Europe, most recently in Italy. But now, infighting threatens to tear apart her government just three months after it was formed.
The CSU, a center-right party in the German state of Bavaria and a sister party of Merkel’s, sparked the latest round of fighting. The party’s leader, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, had crafted a migration plan that would enable Germany to turn back refugees at its border if they’ve
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