Merkel gives in and makes an agreement on the issue of immigration

After the threat of the German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to resign from his post and withdraw from the government the party that is the leader – the conservative Social Christian Union – Chancellor Angela Merkel has ceded to the pressure of its base an agreement on the issue of immigration. The announcement was made earlier in the evening at a press conference in Berlin after a full day of meetings between the two rulers

With the agreement between Merkel and Seehofer, the l & # 39; Germany must create refugee campuses. in the "autonomous zones" at the borders of the European Union. "It was a struggle," said the Chancellor at the burial announcement of the dreaded end of the alliance between his party of the Christian Democratic Union and that of the Minister, the Social Christian Union, which has been in existence for 70 years.

In addition to giving a new impetus to the German government, the agreement maintains Seehofer before the Bavarian-based party ministry and party leader. . "After intense discussions between the parties, we reached an agreement on how we can avoid illegal immigration to the border between Germany and Austria at the border. future, "he said.

In the afternoon, Horst Seehofer returned in the afternoon and declared that he would not be "dismissed by the chancellor who is only chancellor through me "

On the creation of campuses, also labeled by the German leaders, as" center of pbadage ", explained that the immigrants would stay until they decide who can enter Germany and who should be expelled to the homeland where, for various reasons, they want distance.

It was also agreed that the agreement between the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union should also have the weight of the vote of the Social Democrats of the SPD, the largest partner of the government coalition.

According to the German press, opposition parties criticize the fact that the government is concerned about immigration, while avoiding problem solving. like creating jobs.

On the morning of Monday, the dismissal of Seehofer caused an uproar in German politics and the press. Members of the Christian Social Union argued that the minister would break with the government for "failing to provide the necessary support." For Der Spiegel magazine, one of the country's most influential publications, Seehofer would lose credibility if he did not reach an agreement.

The badysis of the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung was similar. The newspaper's badysts have written this weekend that the days of Seehofer as party leader would be numbered and that his "political purpose", in the House's rejection of the deal, would also favor Merkel's downfall .

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, leader of the SPD party, tried to put hot clothes in the disagreement between Chancellor and Seehofer. He told Deutsche Welle television channel that the sharpening of the talks carries the government. "The way this debate is unfolding is detrimental not only to the image of Germany, but also to the government."