Anonymous ID: 541046 June 17, 2018, 6:15 a.m. No.1783478   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3536

'We might have a new situation' German MP predicts Merkel could be OUSTED end of NEXT WEEK

 

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel could lose her powerful seat in the heart of Europe as soon as next week amid clashes within her coalition Government over EU migration policies, claimed German MP Kai Whittaker.

 

Speaking on BBC World at One, the German politician claimed clashes between Angela Merkel and German interior minister Horst Seehofer could result in a "new political situation" in Germany by the end of next week.

 

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician said it was still unclear in Berlin what the essence of the disagreement between the Chancellor and Mr Seehofer was and that other members of the coalition had been left "in the blue".

 

Mr Whittaker said: “We are in a serious situation because the question of the migration crisis evolved into a power question.

 

“The question is who is leading the Government? Is it Angela Merkel or is it Horst Seehofer? “Everybody seems to be standing firm and that’s the problem.”

 

Asked what the German Chancellor and her interior minister are clashing over, he replied: “We don’t know really. There is a master plan to solve the migration crisis, which consists of 63 ideas of Horst Seehofer.

 

“We don’t know that concept yet, so we are a bit in the blue. “Probably a new Chancellor.”

 

Mr Seehofer, of the Christian Social Union (CSU), has often voiced his hostility towards Mrs Merkel’s open border policy, which brought more than a million refugees in the country in 2015.

 

He pushed for police forces to have the power to turn away undocumented migrants at the border if they are already registered in another European Union country.

 

But Mrs Merkel opposes to such measure and has held emergency talks with members of her party to look for support.

 

“This must have to do with the coming election in Bavaria because it is vital for the Conservatives to win an overall majority because that’s why they have a national importance.

 

“This kind of has the potential to diminish the authority of her and Horts Seehofer and it could well be that at the end of next week we have a new situation. Despite them pledging to back her, her MPs are also demanding a change in Germany’s “open-door” migration policy.

 

And CSU MPs already declared they will support their leader, Mr Seehofer.

 

The rift puts Mrs Merkel in an awkward situation as she is facing a serious challenge to her authority which could limit her ability to negotiate with other EU state members.

 

And her own position as a Chancellor is under threat because a walkout of CSU MPs from the coalition would see her losing a majority in Parliament.

 

The plan proposed by Mr Seehofer would replace an already existing EU rule, which allows Germany to send asylum-seekers back to the first member state they entered.

 

https:// www.express.co.uk/news/world/975166/Angela-Merkel-Germany-Bundestag-EU-migration-crisis-Kai-Whittaker

Anonymous ID: 541046 June 17, 2018, 6:22 a.m. No.1783516   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3673 >>3692

Boston Globe suspends columnist accused of embellishing Boston Marathon bombings story

 

Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen has been suspended without pay for three months after “serious violations” in remarks he made about the Boston Marathon bombings — a penalty his union says he’s going to fight.

 

Scott Steeves, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, told the Herald last night Cullen will take his case to arbitration. “Kevin looks forward to defending himself,” Steeves said. “The guild stands behind Kevin 100 percent.”

 

The Globe announced last night Cullen will be demoted to general assignment reporter for the first two months upon his return before being allowed to write his column again. The suspension comes after Cullen was called out by WEEI’s Kirk Minihane for embellishing his reporting of the Boston Marathon bombings — including a broadcast report of him supposedly urging a city firefighter to come out for a drink the night of the bombings. “Our review leads us to a conclusion that Mr. Cullen damaged his credibility,” Publisher John Henry and Editor Brian McGrory wrote, adding they were “serious violations for any journalist.”

 

A scrub of his work was led by Kathleen Carroll, the former executive editor of The Associated Press, and Tom Fiedler, dean of the College of Communication at Boston University. A second review was done by two Globe editors and a former reporter who fact-checked some of Cullen’s columns.

 

http:// www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2018/06/boston_globe_suspends_columnist_accused_of_embellishing_boston_marathon