Bavarians Put Merkel on Notice to Win EU Migrants Deal

Bavarians Put Merkel on Notice to Win EU Migrants Deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Volker Bouffier react as they attend the board meeting of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, June 18 2018. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke
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BERLIN/MUNICH—German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Bavarian allies agreed to give her a two-week breathing space on Monday, June 18, to find a European solution to a row over immigration that threatens to scupper her three-month-old coalition government.

Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) wants a ban on admitting migrants into Germany who have already registered in another EU country. Merkel opposes such a ban.