Horst Seehofer
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Derek Scally: Øresund bridge may become spectacular monument to EU disintegration
- Opinion
- January 8, 2016
Zipping across the Øresund bridge by train on Monday morning I found myself wondering how much Ireland had contributed to the border stand-off here. (...)

Bavarian premier wants to cap number of migrants in Germany
- Europe
- January 3, 2016, 17:28
Days before Taoiseach Enda Kenny travels to Bavaria, its premier Horst Seehofer has demanded that Germany cap asylum applications at one-fifth of th(...)

Angela Merkel tightens Germany’s rules for migrants
- Europe
- January 1, 2016, 01:00
Guy Chazan Germany is to change its policy of granting automatic refugee status to Syrians entering the country, as it struggles to deal with an influ(...)

Critic of Angela Merkel is rebuked for linking attacks to refugees
- Europe
- November 17, 2015, 01:00
Friday night’s Paris attacks have polarised public opinion and public debate in Germany over refugees, with a leading Bavarian politician attacked f(...)

Germany agrees compromise on refugees after ‘intense’ talks
- Europe
- November 6, 2015, 01:00
After weeks of bad-tempered rows, Berlin’s grand coalition has agreed to expedite asylum applications and new camps to register over a million refugee(...)

Tensions rise in Berlin ahead of crunch talks on refugees
- Europe
- November 5, 2015, 01:00
German chancellor Angela Merkel holds crunch talks in Berlin today to quell growing tensions in her government over the refugee crisis, now likely to (...)

Migrant crisis: Austria and Slovenia to erect border fence
- Europe
- October 29, 2015, 01:00
Austria has announced plans to build a fence with Slovenia in a bid to slow down the flow of refugees into the country, sparking concern about the fut(...)

Russian attacks trigger refugee exodus from Syria
- Europe
- October 28, 2015
A wave of up to 100,000 refugees has fled the Syrian city of Aleppo and surrounding areas since the beginning of Russian attacks there, the president (...)

Merkel faces political revolt over her position on refugee crisis
- Europe
- October 10, 2015, 01:00
German chancellor Angela Merkel is facing an escalating political revolt after challenges to her position in the refugee crisis from her conservativ(...)

Merkel’s response to refugee crisis will decide her legacy
- Europe
- October 9, 2015, 01:00
In a frantic time for Germany, three things have become clear for Angela Merkel. First, her political legacy depends not on the interlinked banking/e(...)