Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has agreed to a deal after threatening to resign over a rift over asylum policy with Merkel's fellow conservatives
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Horst Seehofer agree on a migration compromise
#Iran|ian diplomat among four arrested over suspected plot against Iranian opposition meeting in Paris. He was arrested in Germany, along with a couple in Belgium, with 500 gram of TATP, and another suspect in France. Their aim was the NCR meeting in Paris area: Belgium
A 27-year-old German woman has been arrested in Bavaria on suspicion of working for Islamic State's morality police in Iraq, @dpa reports. The woman allegedly left Germany to join IS between September 2014 and early 2016, federal prosecutors' office said in a statement
According to @dpa, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) have met with Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble. The meeting comes ahead of planned talks between the conservative party leaders over Germany's migration policy debate at 5pm
The leaders of Germany's coalition parties plan to meet 10pm local time to try to resolve a crisis over migrant policy that threatens Angela Merkel's government, party sources told @Reuters. The talks would include @CDU's Merkel, @CSU's Horst Seehofer and @spdde's Andrea Nahles.
Germany's Merkel seeks to end standoff over migration as interior minister threatens resignation:
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) - coalition partner to the quarrelling conservatives in governing German coalition - call for coalition meeting amid escalating migration policy debate. "The future of the government will be discussed there," says SPD party leader Andrea Nahles
"I think the way in which this debate is being conducted is damaging not only Germany's image, but first and foremost its government." German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas on the migration policy spat between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
Germany's interior minister has quit after a conflict with Angela Merkel over her approach to mass migration
Former German Foreign Minister and former Social Democrats leader @SigmarGabriel calls for Interior Minister to resign. "Anyone who acts this way squanders every ounce of trust citizens have in our political system," he told @DerSPIEGEL. "That's why [Seehofer] has to go now."
The left is calling on the interior minister to resign. In the meantime his ally, Bavarian Premier Markus Söder, has said the stability of the coalition "is not at risk."
German migration policy crisis: CDU and CSU cancel joint meeting of Bundestag parliamentary group. Dispute between conservatives party leaders must first be resolved, say faction MPs (@Reuters). Merkel and Interior Minster Seehofer to meet at 5pm local time at CDU headquarters
Chaos in Merkel's coalition after Seehofer dangles resignation
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Crunchtime in Merkel's standoff with her interior minister Horst Seehofer happening tonight. 4-eyes meeting to resolve rebel @CSU demand to reject migrants at German border. Merkel to argue 14-EU nation deal for migrant return enough to meet @csu demands
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says that a migration deal hammered out by European Union leaders does not mean that Italy will have to take back migrants who left Italy for Germany
Greece, Spain agree to take back registered migrants from Germany: Berlin
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German spy agency acknowledges employing Himmler's daughter
EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain
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Merkel hopes this week's EU summit can save her from a migrant crisis that could cost her job
