The German state of Bavaria has threatened to take the Angela Merkel to court unless she curbs the influx of refugees.
“We need a limit so that integration can be successful”, Seehofer, chairman of the Christian Social Union, the state party allied with Merkel, told reporters Friday in Munich.
The Bavarian government met in an emergency meeting on Friday 9 October to discuss measures that included “sending people back to the border with Austria”.
In September, Ms Merkel said asylum seekers were welcome in Germany, avoiding a humanitarian crisis after Hungary tried to stop migrants from entering from Serbia.
A joint statement by the two countries also underlined the commitment towards “protection of human rights and democratic values”, something which raised eyebrows but Indian government sources said these were only issues no two genuine democracies can disagree on.
Bavaria, on the front line with Austria, views this effective suspension of the so-called Dublin rules on asylum seekers as a disaster.
Under growing domestic pressure over her open-door policy on refugees, Germany’s Angela Merkel has come out swinging, insisting “we will manage” the crisis set to define her almost decade-old chancellorship. There are also plans to create 60,000 jobs and 20,000 apprenticeship positions for refugees themselves, under a programme called Encourage Cohesion, Strengthen Integration, which will be anchored in law.
This program would include an initiative to create 60,000 new jobs by 2019, including 3,700 new jobs within Bavaria’s police, justice system, administration, and school system.
The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) said it would make the complaint to the Berlin public prosecutor’s office, hoping it will open preliminary proceedings against the chancellor.
In the evening TV show, Merkel conceded that amid the current chaos no one knows the exact number of arrivals, but also delivered a reality check to those who want to shutter German borders.
“Germany’s absorption capacity has been exceeded,” AfD leader Frauke Petry said, pointing to the poll results. For India too, aspiring to be a leading power, the congruence with Germany is opportune as the global order grows increasingly multipolar.