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1st LD Writethru: Bavaria threatens Merkel with constitutional challenge

Xinhua, October 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

The southern German state of Bavaria threatens German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the refugee crisis with a constitutional challenge, announced by the State Chancellery in Munich on Friday after a meeting of the cabinet.

"If the federal government does not soon take effective measures in order to limit the further influx of asylum seekers and thereby impair national legal capacity of states, Bavaria reserves the right to use legal procedures at Germany's Federal Constitutional Court," Bavarian State Government announced in a press release.

The Bavarian government also demanded to reject refugees directly at the German border, if the other EU states failed to meet their European commitments and to take over the incoming refugees.

Furthermore, Horst Seehofer, Prime Minister of Bavaria, announced Bavarian Integration Act, which has anchored the framework and objectives of the Bavarian integration policy.

Seehofer stressed that this involves "a cannon" of the principles and common values of coexistence.

As German media reported, with refugee numbers rising, the German government comes under increasing pressure. The chancellor was probably never criticized for her decidedly positive attitude in the immigration debate to such an extent as currently. Several public opinion polls showed recently that Merkel has lost popularity. Endit