Germany’s interior minister Horst Seehofer has offered his resignation to Angela Merkel over the government’s policy on the indiscriminate welcome of Muslim migrants.
Seehofer, a member of the conservative Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), has also offered to resign from the leadership of the CSU. If his resignation is accepted, the CSU could forward a new candidate, or it could withdraw from Merkel’s coalition altogether, causing Merkel to lose a majority, thus forcing a collapse.
Seehofer has also said:
“There are situations in politics where you have a conviction,” he said. “In those cases, the conviction is more important than the office.”
If only more Western leaders had the integrity and convictions of Seehofer. Then Europe would not be in the mess it’s in, and Muslim Brotherhood groups and hate-preaching mosques would have long ago been confronted and stopped.
Last year, Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, warned that Europe was underestimating the “scale and severity” of the migrant crisis. He also expected that millions of migrants would flood into Europe within five years.
“German Minister Offers To Step Down Over Merkel’s Handling Of Migrants”, by Scott Neuman, National Public Radio, July 2, 2018:
Germany’s interior minister has offered his resignation to Chancellor Angela Merkel over the government’s policy on accepting migrants.
Horst Seehofer, a member of the conservative Bavarian Christian Social Union, has not only offered to resign from Merkel’s Cabinet, but also from the leadership of the CSU.
His offer to step down follows a marathon meeting with senior members of his party who tried to persuade him to stay on, according to Deutsche Welle.
“In the interest of this country and the capacity of this government, which we want to maintain, we want to make an attempt to find an agreement on this central question of turning people away [at the German border],” Seehofer was quoted as saying by Deutsche Welle.
Despite tendering his resignation, the interior minister said he wanted to meet with Merkel on Monday before making a final decision.
She has insisted that the migration crisis — which has seen tens of thousands of North African and Middle Eastern asylum seekers enter European Union countries in recent years — is a matter for Europe as a whole to resolve.
Although the number of migrants has dropped sharply since the crisis began in 2015, the influx has nonetheless stoked anti-immigrant sentiments across Europe, particularly in countries such as Germany and Italy, where last month the issue helped propel a right-wing government to power.
The CSU is key to Merkel’s coalition. If Seehofer’s resignation is accepted, his party would have the option to forward a new candidate from its ranks to fill the interior ministry post or withdrawal from the government altogether. If the party leaves the coalition, Merkel’s government would lose its majority in the Bundestag, forcing its collapse….