German Christian Democrats Spar over Asylum Policy
German Christian Democrats Spar over Asylum Policy

Author(s): Lidia Gibadło
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Germany; asylum policy; political conflict; political stability; admitting refugees; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: It is difficult to consider the agreement between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian-Social Union (CSU), which settled a dispute between them over rules on admitting refugees, as a radical change in German asylum policy. It rather proves that both parties began to see the risks and costs associated with continuation of the conflict. This is good news for Germany’s neighbours who—at least for now—do not have to worry about the political stability of a country of key importance for the EU.

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