Judgment Day for Merkel's Bloc as Bavarian Rebels Seek a Way Out

Merkel’s CDU and Bavarian CSU to hold last-ditch talks Monday
Merkel coalition’s parliamentary majority hangs in the balance

Danae Kyriakopoulou, head of research at OMFIF, discusses the risk facing Merkel’s government.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Arne Delfs and Oliver Sachgau

July 1, 2018 at 10:01 AM UTC

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July 2, 2018 at 9:31 AM UTC

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The fate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling bloc is due to be decided Monday as a coalition dispute over migration policy reaches its endgame.

Merkel and leaders of her Christian Democratic Union and counterparts from their Bavarian sister party will hold talks at 5 p.m. in Berlin in an effort to broker an 11th-hour compromise after separate discussions that dragged into the early morning hours failed to end the standoff.