The alliance between Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) and partner Christian Democrats (CDU) is falling apart as Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies threatened to take her government to court if she fails to solve the refugee problem soon.
Experts at Germany's Lower House says cap on refugee number will encounter legal problems The Christian Social Union (CSU), the long-standing Bavarian partner of Germany's dominant party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has proposed a cap on the number of refugees that Germany will accept.
Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.
More than a million refugees will come to Germany this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy said on Sunday, as a poll showed almost half of Germans believe she is handling the influx of asylum seekers badly.
