Merkel and the German Minister of the Interior reach an agreement on immigration | World

"After difficult days and difficult negotiations, I think we have done a lot today," the head of government told reporters at the end of the last conciliation attempt with Seehofer, who was asking applicants already registered in other EU countries.

"After intensive negotiations" between the center-right party of the CDU and conservative CSU, "we reached an agreement" on measures to reduce illegal immigration, said Seehofer, president of the CSU.

The Social Democratic Party, the third member of the government coalition, has not yet approved the agreement.

"We have a clear agreement on how to prevent illegal immigration to the border between Germany and Austria in the future," said Seehofer at the end of his struggle with Merkel.

"This very solid agreement, which corresponds to my ideas, allows me to continue to lead the Federal Ministry of the Interior," said Mr Seehofer, who announced Sunday his resignation not to accept the decisions Merkel on the migration issue.

The compromise agreement provides that asylum seekers arriving in Germany and already registered in other countries of the European Union are taken to "transit centers" at the border and not distributed. in the places of reception of the country.

While examining their cases, they will be sent to the EU countries from which they arrived, on the basis of administrative arrangements with the States concerned.