Announcement

Collapse

Civics 101 Guidelines

Want to argue about politics? Healthcare reform? Taxes? Governments? You've come to the right place!

Try to keep it civil though. The rules still apply here.
See more
See less

Immigration fight has handed Germany’s Merkel her ‘worst crisis’ in more than a decad

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Immigration fight has handed Germany’s Merkel her ‘worst crisis’ in more than a decad

    Immigration fight has handed Germany’s Merkel her ‘worst crisis’ in more than a decade




    Chancellor Angela Merkel is at a defining point in her fourth term as German leader amid opposition from her political allies over migration.

    Her sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) from the Bavarian region, is against Merkel's stance on migration. The allied party wants German police to prevent refugees, who are already registered as asylum seekers in other European countries, to enter Germany. However, Merkel blocked the proposal last week, starting a spat with her interior minister and chairman of the CSU, Horst Seehofer.

    The clash has escalated into a power struggle between Merkel's party (CDU) and the CSU, which have long been key allies. Together, both parties call themselves The Union and agreed that the CSU operates in Bavaria, while the CDU operates in all the other states. The CSU is traditionally slightly more conservative than Merkel's CDU.

    "This is definitely the worst crisis she has faced in her 13 years as German chancellor," Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, told CNBC's Annette Weisbach Monday.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    She needs more beer.

    Comment

    Related Threads

    Collapse

    Topics Statistics Last Post
    Started by little_monkey, Yesterday, 04:19 PM
    16 responses
    119 views
    0 likes
    Last Post One Bad Pig  
    Started by whag, 03-26-2024, 04:38 PM
    53 responses
    319 views
    0 likes
    Last Post Mountain Man  
    Started by rogue06, 03-26-2024, 11:45 AM
    25 responses
    111 views
    0 likes
    Last Post rogue06
    by rogue06
     
    Started by Hypatia_Alexandria, 03-26-2024, 09:21 AM
    33 responses
    196 views
    0 likes
    Last Post Roy
    by Roy
     
    Started by Hypatia_Alexandria, 03-26-2024, 08:34 AM
    84 responses
    360 views
    0 likes
    Last Post JimL
    by JimL
     
    Working...
    X