“Yes, affirmative”, she replied, adding that Germany has “managed our budget well in the last few years and our economy is in a good shape”.

Nearly declared dead only months ago, Germany’s populist far-right is seeking a comeback amid a record wave of asylum-seekers, hoping to anchor itself in mainstream politics.

Talking to Turkey about more aid for refugee camps, she said in unusually blunt language, “is my damned duty”.

Since January, Germany has taken in around 577,000 refugees – more than double the figures for the whole of 2014, when 280,000 arrived.

These evaluations include working out whether certain reforms would require changes to the European Union treaties – which need agreement from all member states – or could be done with other legislation.

Germany is now cemented in the minds of people around the world as the most welcoming destination for refugees. In a television interview Wednesday, she criticized the actions of other countries in the European Union that have been unwilling to accept refugees.

The two leaders will also visit theinnovation and skilling centres at the German company M/sBosch.

Notwithstanding this, Merkel has reiterated that Germany can handle the influx of refugees, and in doing so is at loggerheads with the state of Bavaria – the first point of entry of thousands of asylum-seekers.

The war in Syria and the migrant criss are also due to be on the agenda. A trickle of very small-scale but potentially very damaging stories have also started to circulate – like the handful of tenants in municipal housing being evicted to make room for refugees.

The centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), junior partner in the Berlin grand coalition, demanded Dr Merkel impose a cap on asylum applications as forecasts for 2015 near a million.

German wellwishers wave to migrants on a bus to a refugee camp.

An aide to Merkel is reported in Call Me Dave as saying that, “despite the warmth of their personal relationship, Merkel believes Cameron has made a series of serious diplomatic errors, and is still paying the prices for quitting the EPP… she thought he had blundered”.

The situation is a unusual reversal of Merkel’s previous position.

Mr Herrmann also urged the federal government to send a signal “that Germany has reached the limits of its capacity”, noting Germany is surrounded by “safe countries”. In fact, they’re overwhelmingly popular.