Merkel meets with restive Bavarian allies to discuss migration deals
Berlin — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said deals on migration she had brought home from Brussels should be enough to satisfy her restive Bavarian allies the Christian Social Union (CSU), who were gathering in Munich on Sunday afternoon for a meeting that could decide her political fate. Nine months after elections that saw her lose votes to the far right, a weakened Merkel was forced to turn to European Union (EU) neighbours to help resolve a conflict with her allies after they rebelled against her immigration policy. The party’s leader, interior minister Horst Seehofer, threatened to turn migrants back from the Bavarian border, a move that would almost certainly precipitate a government collapse. At a Brussels summit this week, leaders hammered out a deal to share out refugees on a voluntary basis and create "controlled centres" inside the EU to process asylum requests. In an interview with ZDF television, Merkel said the formal agreements and verbal commitments she had secured ...
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