BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s interior minister is insisting that his party has no intention of bringing down Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government, but there’s no sign yet of a compromise in a bitter standoff over migration.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is calling for Germany to turn back some asylum-seekers at the border. Merkel opposes unilateral action, arguing that it would weaken the 28-nation European Union.
Seehofer leads the Bavaria-only Christian Social Union party, the sister party to Merkel’s conservatives. His party holds a leadership meeting Monday which could authorize Seehofer to push through his demand. If he does, that would threaten the government.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Seehofer was quoted Sunday telling the Bild am Sonntag newspaper: “No one in the CSU has an interest in bringing down the chancellor … or blowing up the coalition.”
FILE – In this March 21, 2018 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, right, talk during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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