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Bavarian CSU, Merkel’s ally, re-elects Seehofer as leader

16-12-2017 < RT 123 80 words
 





The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has re-elected Bavarian governor Horst Seehofer as its leader. Seehofer, who won with 83.7 percent support, is a critic of Chancellor Merkel’s ‘open-door’ refugee policy and says European countries need to protect the common border and deny entry to those who do not qualify.



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