The refugee deal between the EU and Turkey is under a stress test - the Union, however, cannot agree on a course on refugee issues.
- The Union is at odds with refugee policy issues.
- An exchange of blows is said to have taken place before the parliamentary meeting on March 4.
- Horst Seehofer (CSU) and Angela Merkel (CDU) are said to have caused a violent reproach.
Berlin - Union faction leader Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) has attacked Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) sharply in the refugee question according to media reports - it was a "scream" before the faction meeting last Wednesday, according to a report by the Bild am Sonntag . The day before, Seehofer was open to the European admission of around 5000 children and adolescents from Greek refugee camps. He campaigned for a “coalition of the willing” in the EU.
Refugees / Turkey: exchange of blows between Seehofer and Brinkhaus - Merkel "very annoyed"
A move that faction leader Brinkhaus apparently did not like. "Brinkhaus is said to have been extremely annoyed by the fact that he has had to deal with the issue of refugees in the constituency for weeks," reports the news magazine Spiegel (article behind payment barrier). "The Chancellor was also obviously very annoyed - by Brinkhaus' monologue," it continues.
According to information from the Bild am Sonntag (article behind the payment barrier), Brinkhaus is said to have said the sentences "You have learned nothing, people don't want refugees" and "You are sitting here in the cabinet, I am in the constituency and speak to the people". "Brinkhaus is said to have loudly attacked Seehofer (and indirectly Chancellor Merkel) on the refugee issue," the report says.
Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU)
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Turkey crisis: Seehofer and Merkel with violent accusations against the Union Group
When Brinkhaus said that the people in his constituency did not trust GroKo to get a grip on the refugee question, Seehofer shot back - and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) joined him.
"Seehofer then described in detail how to agree a new deal with Turkey, protect the external border, but at the same time want to show more humanity. He and Merkel * accused the parliamentary group of operating with wrong numbers when it comes to migration, ”reports Der Spiegel (article behind payment barrier).
Refugee dispute: Söder opposes Seehofer
In the CDU, after the Thuringia scandal and the subsequent resignation of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer , Armin Laschet , Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen, fight for party leadership *. Surveys indicate a favorite *.
The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) , however, has rejected demands to accept refugees from Greece in the current situation. "We need a European solution and not a German solo effort," Söder told the world on Sunday . "So it would be wrong to stab the EU in the back."
The leaders of the Union and the SPD want to discuss the situation of migrants and refugees on the Greek-Turkish border at a crisis summit on Sunday evening after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan * declared the borders to Europe * open.
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
