Merkel Defuses Threat to Chancellorship With Refugees Deal
- Plan restricts family reunions, expands safe countries' list
- Merkel approval ratings slid after New Year's Eve assaults
Angela Merkel.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a deal with her coalition partners to manage the flood of refugees into Germany, defusing -- for now -- a row that had threatened her chancellorship.
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