Reuters, 19/01 15:03 CET
By Madeline Chambers
BERLIN (Reuters) – A group of
conservative lawmakers urged Angela Merkel to reverse her open-door
refugee policy as a poll showed a slide in support for her bloc on
Tuesday, raising the stakes for a German chancellor exposed by deep
rifts in her right-left coalition.
With three closely watched regional elections looming in
March, Merkel is facing the toughest spell of her 10-year chancellorship
over her handling of the refugee crisis.
Conservative allies in Bavaria, the entry point for most
migrants, are regularly breaking ranks and criticism is also mounting
from her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners. Some media have even started to speculate about Merkel’s future.
An INSA poll in Tuesday’s
top-selling Bild newspaper showed support for Merkel’s conservative bloc
down 2.5 percentage points at 32.5 percent, its lowest since the 2013
election.
It also put the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), which campaigns against refugees, up 1 point at 12.5 percent.
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Source: Euronews
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