Migrants and refugees have been Germany's toughest political issue since a mass influx from 2015 brought some 1.2 million asylum seekers, sparking a backlash that has seen the far-right [to Yahoo and the rest of the MSM anyone White is "far right" if they believe the West should have borders, an idea routinely taken for granted in the rest of the world] AfD party enter parliament.
Merkel's CDU and especially their more conservative CSU allies from Bavaria, where tens of thousands of refugees crossed over the border from Austria, are pushing to limit Germany's annual intake to a benchmark figure of 200,000.
The Greens, who have long promoted migrant rights and a multicultural society, finally appear ready to accept the figure.
But they will not budge on their demand for a resumption of family reunions for those who have been granted temporary refuge in Germany, something opposed by both the CSU and FDP. ...
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