German interior minister pulls out of Merkel`s integration summit
(The Guardian Germany)

Horst Seehofer´s absence comes amid signs of row with chancellor over asylum policyGermany´s interior minister, Horst Seehofer, has cancelled his participation in an integration summit hosted by Angela Merkel amid increasing signs of major disagreements between them over the country´s asylum policy.The absence follows his decision on Tuesday to drop the launch of an `immigration masterplan` after the German chancellor refused to back a crucial point of the plan that would allow migrants deemed to be trying to enter the country illegally to be turned back at the German border, arguing that it would breach European law. She insisted the masterplan was still being discussed in detail. Continue reading...