Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • The Christian Science Monitor

    Immigration deal saves German government, points to European future

    Jul 09, 2018 4 minutes

    The fragile, three-party coalition that has ruled Germany since March has emerged bruised but intact – for the time being – from two weeks of turmoil over the issue of immigration. But its status remains precarious – as does that of the European Union, which depends on Germany's stability to unite the increasingly fractious bloc.

    How did the German government suddenly reach a crisis?

    Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the head of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), faced down a rebellion by her interior minister, Horst Seehofer, head of the CDU’s long-time Bavarian sister party, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), who demanded tougher action against migrants. He had threatened to resign, bringing the young government down.

    Mr. Seehofer

    So there’s a deal. Is it a done deal?What’s at stake for Europe and Germany?Will this come back to bite the CSU?

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from The Christian Science Monitor

    The Christian Science Monitor5 min readWorld
    ‘Divest From Israel’: Easy Slogan, Challenging For Universities
    “Disclose. Divest.”  The rallying cry, echoing on many large campuses in the United States in recent weeks, represents a powerful new voice in a two-decade international movement to protest Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories through econo
    The Christian Science Monitor4 min readWorld
    Building Takeovers Push Campus Protests Into Volatile New Phase
    The protest movement roiling college campuses across the United States appeared to enter a more dangerous phase Tuesday, as student demonstrators who had barricaded themselves inside a hall at Columbia University were arrested overnight by police in
    The Christian Science Monitor2 min read
    Trust Flows On A River Undammed
    Earlier this week, the state of California stuck a shovel in the third of four hydroelectric dams being demolished on the Klamath River, which wends its way through Northern California from Oregon to the Pacific. Removing those structures is the firs

    Related Books & Audiobooks