German Minister Offers To Step Down Over Merkel's Handling Of Migrants
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has demanded a tougher line on migrants arriving mainly from North Africa. If his party quits Germany's fragile coalition, it would spell the end of the government.
by Scott Neuman
Jul 02, 2018
2 minutes
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
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