The fate of the Merkel coalition is in balance on the elusive agreement of migrants

MERKEL. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), looks into the party meeting at the CDU headquarters in Berlin on 2 July 2018. Photo by John Macdougall / AFP

BERLIN , Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition was in danger of separating on Monday, July 2, while her conservative Bavarian allies pushed the migrants' policy to the test after being insensitive to the threat of resignation of his Minister of the Interior

Horst Seehofer on the border with Austria registered in other European countries because he rejected the EU agreements concluded last week by Merkel as insufficient.

million. Seehofer said after talks with his party that he was going to step down as minister and CSU rather than acquiesce in the increasingly bitter situation.

would hold last-minute talks with Merkel's CDU "in the hope of reaching an agreement". The meeting is scheduled to start at 15:00 GMT (23:00 Manila time).

The future of Merkel's coalition government between the CDU-CSU alliance and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) seems to be suspended, as the media has slammed what it is. they called an imprudent game of chicken.

"It is right to ask: Has the CSU lost its mind?" "In the end, the government could fall and a proud old party could fall into ridicule – and all this to solve a problem that, in reality, is not one", given the dramatic decline the number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany this year

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas of the SPD said the crisis had already damaged the country's reputation as a bulwark of European stability.

"I think this debate is unfolding"

"Ready for Compromise"

If Merkel stands firm and if Seehofer resigns, the CSU could offer a Minister of Finance. Alternate Interior: If she wants to remain attached to her party, she could also break the 70-year partnership of both parties, depriving Merkel of her majority in parliament and placing Germany in unexplored political waters.

Moi Rkel could tempt a minority government, seek a new coalition partner from the Green Greens or Free Democrats pro-business, or orchestrate a vote of no confidence in parliament that could trigger new elections.

As he entered a crisis meeting CDU Monday, Deputy Leader Armin Laschet insisted that the sister parties "want to keep" their alliance.

"It's a precious thing for our party system and it's in. why am I confident that we will succeed, "he said. CDU Secretary General Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said party leaders were "united" behind Merkel and "effective and humane solutions with our European partners".

Meanwhile, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder "We are ready to compromise – you must be in politics," he told reporters

"None of us wants to question the government. "

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Merkel, who has been in power since 2005, warned last week that the battle over migration could decide the future of the EU.

European leaders agreed on new measures to reduce immigration and "secondary migration"

Merkel proposed that migrants arriving in Germany and registered in another EU country be placed in special "admission centers" under restrictive conditions.

A document that she sent to CSU and SPD deals with 16 other countries to return migrants already registered when they reached Germany.

However, Seehofer rejected Merkel's assessment that measures on a European scale would have "the same effect" as her request to return migrants registered elsewhere in the bloc.

The "Union" of the CDU and the CSU mixed beer-and lederhosen-infused conservatism of the South State with a more moderate policy, forming a center-right force that dominated Germany for Deca.

The CSU's conflict with Merkel comes during the October elections in Bavaria in which she fears losing her absolute majority.

Merkel's 2015 decision to keep borders open to migrants and refugees arriving from the Middle East via the Balkans, Hungary and Austria have blurred the traditional alliances of German politics

when more than one million people arrived, Merkel 's governments tightened the immigration and asylum laws several times

. The Islamic Alternative for Germany (AfD) entered parliament for the first time last year, resulting in months of paralysis as Merkel struggled to set up a viable coalition.

Polls indicate that the AfD would make a similar entry into Bavaria – giving it seats in all 16 states of Germany.

Weeks of "Merkel-bashing", however, failed to help the CSU. A Forsa poll on Monday showed that Seehofer had even failed to rally a majority of CSU voters behind him, with 49 percent supporting the chancellor in the conflict versus 48 percent for the interior minister and the party leader . – Rappler.com