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New Migrant Crisis Threatens to Bring Down Merkel in 48 Hours
ByMichael Armstrong June 17, 2018June 18, 2018

On the back of the latest round of fighting over illegal immigration, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of Bavaria’s CSU party reportedly castigated Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying he “can’t work with this woman anymore”. Merkel is adamant that migrant policy can only be effectively agreed and implemented at the European level and is at loggerheads…

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Hardline EU ministers form ‘axis of the willing’ against illegal migrants
ByMichael Armstrong June 17, 2018June 18, 2018

The dispute has raised questions over Merkel’s future, as nationalist forces already in power elsewhere in Europe turn up the heat on the long-serving German chancellor for her welcoming stance toward migrants. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said she expected German military expenditure to rise steadily in coming years, in line with Berlin’s pledge to…

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