Thursday, June 28, 2018

#GERMANY: Merkel Makes Impassioned Plea To Parliament Ahead Of Crucial EU Asylum Meeting

[world politics news]


Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the German parliament that a European solution to the problem of asylum applications has not yet been reached, and dampened expectations that a conclusive solution would be reached at this week's European Union summit. If the question of how to distribute asylum applications among EU nations isn't solved, the pressure on her, particularly from her conservative coalition partners in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union, could break apart the coalition and force new elections.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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