Merkel Gets Party Backing to Fight Germany's Election

 

By Catherine Hardy

Germany’s centre-right political parties have agreed to nominate Angela Merkel as their candidate to run for chancellor in the country’s election in September. 

A long-running feud 

The decision comes despite a long-running feud over how to tackle the migrant influx.

The Christian Social Union (CSU) has long criticised Merkel for allowing more than a million refugees into Germany over the last two years.

Horst Seehofer, leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has been a thorn in her side for much of the last two years, pressing for a cap on migrants that she will not support.

The CSU is the Bavarian sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). 

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Source: euronews.