The Minister of Germany plans to resign for disputes with Merkel

The German Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer announced Sunday his intention to resign because of the conflict on migrants with Chancellor Angela Merkel doubt about the future of the coalition government.

Seehofer, 68, expressed his intention to resign at a closed-door meeting with his political party, the CSU, in Munich, which continued on Sunday night he plans to leave the party presidency, member of the fragile German government coalition, formed by the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) of Merkel and the Social Democrats

Seehofer "wants to resign from his post Minister and party chairman "because he believes that" he does not have the necessary support, "said one of these sources

. In CSU, they always try to convince him to reconsider his decision to resign before speaking to the press at the end of the meeting.

In the event that the renunciation takes effect, it is still uncertain what the consequences will be for the future of the German Government.

If the government party leaves the coalition government, it would deprive the Chancellor of the majority of deputies and plunge the country into a major political crisis.

The CSU has been pressuring Merkel for several weeks to accept his plan to reject asylum seekers who are already registered in other countries or to reach the European agreements at the border. which have the same effect.

This Sunday, July 1st, the deadline has been respected.
Angela Merkel opposes the rejections at the border considering that could create "a domino effect" in Europe.

The head of the German government won Sunday night in Berlin the almost unanimous support of the governing bodies of his party, the CDU.

He also welcomes any national "unilateral" decision to reject migrants and supports the Chancellor's efforts to negotiate European solutions in the area of ​​asylum policy.

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