Europe
Refugee issue complicates Merkel’s bid to form government
9 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on September 22, 2017 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, waving next to Bavarian State Premier and CSU party leader Horst Seehofer (R) during an election campaign rally in Munich, southern Germany, on September 22, 2017. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats party (CDU) and her Bavarian sister Party CSU meet for coalition talks at the CDU headquarters in Berlin on October 8, 2017. Christof STACHE / AFP
Merkel met for private talks with her Bavarian CSU allies led by Horst Seehofer, who blames her open-door policy that has brought over one million asylum seekers since 2015 for the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.