Agency Report –
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), reached a coalition deal on Wednesday with the centre-left SPD.
Klingbeil expressed confidence that CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who is set to replace the outgoing Olaf Scholz of the SPD as chancellor, could secure joint solutions due to his international contacts.
However, police unions remain sceptical, with German Police Union (GdP) deputy Sven Hüber warning that continued border checks won’t stop most asylum applications from being filed and processed inside Germany, saying that this would remain the case until a functioning EU border regime is in place.
He added that pushbacks at the border — if even legally permissible under EU and international law — are unlikely to lead to a significant drop in refugee numbers. Hüber also criticized the lack of funding and staffing guarantees for expanded checks.
