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Horst Seehofer apparently wants to resign from his position as Federal Minister of the Interior and Head of the CSU. He announced this according to consistent media reports at Party Management. In the asylum dispute with Chancellor Angela Merkel and the CDU, Horst Seehofer apparently wants to resign as president of the CSU and federal minister of the interior. He explained that at an hour-long meeting of the CSU leadership in Munich, according to dpa news agencies and AFP, citing participants. A personal statement Seehofer was already waiting for hours. The meeting of the CSU leadership has since been suspended.
The decision may not be final
BR correspondent Julian von Löwis said in the tagesthemen that the decision on the future of Seehofer does not make any difference. was not yet finally fallen. He again circulated various representations about how the boss of CSU brought a retreat into the game – on the one hand, it was said that Seehofer offered to resign. On the other hand, it is said that Seehofer only mentioned this as one of the three options.
Apparently, Alexander Dobrindt, leader of the CSU country group, does not want to accept Seehofer's withdrawal. "It's a decision I can not accept," he said, according to attendees at the CSU leaders meeting Dobrindt received long-lasting applause.
Seehofer left the meeting room at CSU headquarters after his declaration and retired to the first floor with his closest leaders, including his deputies, Secretary General Markus Blume, Dobrindt and Prime Minister Markus Söder. UHC Honorary President Edmund Stoiber was also present. According to reports, the confidants tried to persuade Seehofer to continue. Löwis correspondent BR said in tagesthemen but also that he could go into the conversation of the party's closest leadership already to the issue of succession.
Seehofer is only about 100 days into the new federal grand minister of the Interior coalition, since 2008 he is CSU chief. Previously, the CSU board had discussed over seven hours on the consequences of UHC in the asylum dispute with the UDC. Here, Seehofer and his party friends had voted against most of the decisions of the European summit and for a national entry.
CDU stresses support for Merkel
Meanwhile, the CDU leadership has emphasized its support for Chancellor Merkel's European course. asylum policy. The unilateral refusal of migrants is a bad signal to European interlocutors, said CDU Secretary General Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer late in the evening in Berlin. Unilateral rejection of migrants is a bad signal for European interlocutors, she said. The decision of the executive committee was taken almost unanimously with one abstention.
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