Merkel complains of "rude sounds" and "political disintegration"

Merkel deplores "gross noises" and "political decadence"

BERLIN. Party leader Seehofer's criticism of CSU is growing in importance

German Chancellor proves once again to survive her press conference 39; summer. Bild: dpa

The several-week asylum dispute between the CDU and the CSU also dominated Angela Merkel's summer press conference. "The tone was often very hard," complained the German chancellor. She never thought of resigning.

According to Merkel, the conflict within the Union has cost confidence and has generated "political embarrbadment". Problems will have to be solved in the future "in a different tone," Interior Minister Seehofer criticized. "Personally, I will always turn against some erosions of the language," Merkel said. Because the form of language can promote a social fracture. Clashes and conflicts will also occur in the future, said the Chancellor. The form in which these would be held, but can certainly be improved.

critic, the dispute had taken too much time, the Chancellor rejected, however. The federal government needed time to form an opinion. "If everything is decided immediately in the first second, we are approaching autocratic methods." She did not think of resigning, said Merkel, who said calmly, "If I am in the middle of a major conflict, then I have to focus my energies on it."

Their authority also sees them through the Horst Seehofer conflict not damaged. "We found a compromise." It is important that a government be able to act.

Ms. Merkel stressed that she wanted to stay in power throughout the legislature. She made a statement to the people that she is available for this legislative period. But if she wants to return to competition in 2021, she leaves open: "Every question has its time."

Despite the growing demarcation of US President Donald Trump, Merkel is once again engaged in the transatlantic partnership. Cooperation with the United States was still "central to us," she said. The more the Chancellor was confident, the more Trump's remark that Merkel was mbadively weakened – whose number of personal polls is still high after 13 years in office – was absurd

Sentimental Crisis in the CSU

While the Chancellor is once again showed that there was a mood of crisis in the CSU: The party poll figures are at their worst value in 20 years, just a few months of the state elections in Bavaria. Above all, the course of the leader of the CSU, Horst Seehofer, in the policy of asylum is now sharply criticized within the party. In the choice of words we would have adopted "slogans of the AfD", they say. Meanwhile, in the direction of CSU, we "regret" the dispute with Merkel

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