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Reuters: Merkel’s government frays as migrant row festers in Germany | Reuters

Published June 15, 2018 at 5:18 pm

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 5, 2015, a refugee holds a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the arrival of refugees at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany. As German Chancellor Angela Merkel fights to save her government in a heated battle over immigration, a poll showed on June 15, 2018 most Germans support the tougher line of her rebel interior minister. The survey found that 62 percent were in favour of turning back undocumented asylum seekers at the border, in line with the stance of Interior Minister Horst Seehofer who is openly challenging Merkel.

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The conservative alliance headed by Angela Merkel may splinter in a row over immigration, an ally of the German chancellor said on Friday, as the third party in her fragile government suggested its patience was wearing thin.

The disagreement between Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party threatens the future of her coalition three months after it took office, just as European divisions over migrants also come to a head.