Merkel Threatened by Bavarian Leader Seeking Halt to Refugees
- Southern German state chafes at record stream of arrivals
- Bavaria vs. Merkel clash flares as chancellor stands firm
A family land on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on Oct. 9, 2015.
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Bavaria threatened Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government with a court challenge to limit the number of refugees entering Germany, escalating conflict within her party bloc over her handling of the crisis.
“We firmly say that this migration must be controlled and limited,” Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer, whose CSU party is affiliated with Merkel’s governing Christian Democrats, told reporters Friday in Munich. He presented a package of measures that include securing his German state’s border with Austria.