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Tag: Horst Seehofer
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Monday, October 15th 2018 - 07:17 UTC
Bavaria's CSU loses its majority in regional election; blow for Merkel's coalition
Angela Merkel's sister party has suffered massive losses in Bavaria's state elections, exit polls suggest, in a blow to the German chancellor. The CSU is set to lose its absolute majority in the state parliament, while the Greens surged into second place and the anti-immigration AfD entered the state parliament for the first time.
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Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 09:07 UTC
Merkel accepts radical changes to her coalition migration policy
Chancellor Angela Merkel, who staked her legacy on welcoming hundreds of thousands of migrants into Germany, agreed on Monday to build border camps for asylum seekers and to tighten the border with Austria in a political deal to save her government.
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Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 08:41 UTC
Merkel's coalition on the cliff over differences on migration policy with her Bavarian allies
The resolution to Germany's government crisis proved elusive on Sunday after the head of the Bavaria-only Christian Social Union in Angela Merkel's conservative bloc offered his resignation rather than back down from his stance against the chancellor's migration policies.
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Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 02:32 UTC
Angela Merkel agrees to an immigration cap as part of her talks to form a coalition
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has agreed an immigration policy with its sister party, media reports say. The breakthrough in talks with the Christian Social Union (CSU) would overcome a major hurdle as Mrs. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) seek to form a coalition government.
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Friday, February 17th 2012 - 18:36 UTC
German president resigns under pressure from strong corruption claims
Germany's president resigned Friday in a scandal over favors he allegedly received before becoming head of state, and Chancellor Angela Merkel moved quickly to try and head off a domestic political crisis as she grapples with Europe's debt troubles.
