The CSU, the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), has ramped up pressure on the chancellor over her open-door refugee policy that saw 1.1 million migrants arrive in Germany last year alone.CSU leader Horst Seehofer told Der Spiegel magazine in a weekend interview that he would send the federal government a written request within the next two weeks to restore "orderly conditions" at the nation's borders.Bavaria is the main entry point to Germany for refugees."I Read more [...]

Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer threatens court action on Germany's Angela Merkel and her government over the open door refugee policy.  Reuters reports that Premier Seehofer's Bavaria, a conservative state that borders Austria to the south, is the main entry point for migrants and refugees.  It is also home to Seehofer's Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), making them both close political allies.Like Us on Facebook Premier Seehofer Read more [...]

Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer threatens court action on Germany's Angela Merkel and her government over the open door refugee policy.  Reuters reports that Premier Seehofer's Bavaria, a conservative state that borders Austria to the south, is the main entry point for migrants and refugees.  It is also home to Seehofer's Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), making them both close political allies.Like Us on Facebook Premier Seehofer Read more [...]

Germany should completely close its borders to refugees if it is to solve to migrant crisis, a former President of Bavaria has said. Edmund Stoiber — an elder statesmen in the Christian Social Union (CSU), Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian sister party — said Germany had to change direction fast, and gave the Chancellor just two months to solve the problem. “Angela Merkel must now change her position, otherwise there will be disastrous consequences for Germany and Europe,” Mr Stoiber Read more [...]