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Recast: Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, May 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are the major news items in leading German newspapers on Monday.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

--Just before her visit to Turkey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the controversial collaboration with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the refugee policy.

Die Welt:

-- In the first extrapolation of the Austrian presidential election on Sunday, Norbert Hofer of the right-wing Freedom Party stood with 50.2 percent of the vote, slightly ahead of former Green Party chairman Alexander Van der Bellen.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer sharply criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Turkey policy on Sunday.

He said Germany should not open itself up to "blackmail" through the connection between the visa freedom for Turks and the Refugee Convention. Endit