Merkel’s Antagonist Demands Refugee Cap as Chancellor Balks
- ‘Things have to change’ on migration, Bavarian leader says
- German coalition beset by anti-immigration party’s gains
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Bavaria’s premier pressed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to change course and set a refugee quota, renewing a conflict within her coalition amid electoral losses to an anti-immigration party.
The defeat of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union in a state election on Sunday is prompting a renewed push by her Bavarian sister party to cap the number of asylum seekers after about 1 million arrived last year. Horst Seehofer, the Bavarian leader and head of the state’s ruling Christian Social Union, has threatened to boycott a CDU convention in December, saying there’s no point in attending if he and Merkel can’t agree on migration policy, Der Spiegel magazine reported, citing an interview.