Stand: 12.07.2018 03:51 Uhr

The Bundestag chairman Schäuble criticized the EU's "dramatic" litigation over asylum policy. This had the reputation of the "not increased" policy. He defended the hard line of Chancellor Merkel.

Wolfgang Schäuble has been part of the Bundestag since 1972 – currently as President of the Bundestag. In recent decades he has witnessed many conflicts. But the Union's asylum dispute was apparently as extraordinary for him. In an interview, he commented on the conflict: "It was dramatic, we all looked into the abyss," Schäuble told the group's spark media newspapers. "The faction community was in danger."

Controversy did not "increase" the reputation of politics

The dispute between the CDU and the CSU had not "increased" the reputation of politics. Due to the fierce verbal fighting between Angela Merkel and the Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer Schäuble has expressed concern about the dignity of the office of the Federal Chancellor. "The dignity of the office is the dignity of the office, and we must treat it with caution, including the incumbent," he said.

At the same time, the former Minister of the Interior and Finance defended Merkel's position. "If in a controversy so violent a member of the federal government does exactly the opposite of what the Chancellor represents, then she can act on the dignity of the office no different than to dismiss the cabinet member," said the president of the Bundestag.

Schäuble intervened in the conflict

Asked if Seehofer could still work with Merkel with confidence, Schäuble said: "In the end, the two are fighting for the same issues." If you know it, you can But the burdens you carry in personal circumstances are sometimes not easy. "

He also participated in the resolution of the conflict." The two actors (…) found themselves in the difficult situation apparently did not progress. "That is why she s & # 39; was met and mediated for a conversation. "I am the service and eldest of life in the Union."

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