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    Germany's new conservative leader distances herself from Merkel's migration legacy

    Germany's new conservative leader distances herself from Merkel's migration legacy

    The CDU's also proposes to make it possible to expel asylum seekers if they commit a crime carrying a prison term of more than 90 days


    - The new leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, unveiled plans for a tightening of immigration rules, part of a move to distance the party under her leadership from her mentor and predecessor, Chancellor Angela Merkel.


    Some of the proposals, including plans for "intelligent spot checks" at German borders for as long as the European Union's external borders are not secured, could strain ties with her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners.


    But officials hope the plans, announced after two days of internal party discussions to which Merkel was not invited, will show the party has moved on from the Chancellor's signature decision to let in over a million refugees in 2015.


    "What happened in September 2015 and after was a humanitarian exception," she told her CDU party. "We must make sure nothing like it ever happens again, that we have learned our lessons."


    Both coalition parties are gearing up for four European and regional elections this year which could determine the fate of the loveless marriage they sealed after both seriously underperformed expectations at last year's election, leaving theirs the only possible alliance in a fragmented parliament.


    Like the CDU, the SPD has been trying to rebuild support, pushing for more generous unemployment benefits and pensions - appealing to some of its core voters, but anathema to the CDU's pro-business wing.


    The CDU's also proposes to make it possible to expel asylum seekers if they commit a crime carrying a prison term of more than 90 days, after which they would be prevented from re-entering.


    Despite the tensions, the SPD's dire position in polls has led many to assume the coalition will last its course.


    "I expect that the grand coalition will carrying on governing until 2021," said Christian Lindner, leader of the pro-business Free Democrats in an interview with Reuters. "That is not what I would like but it is what I expect."


    The CDU's planned reset was somewhat overshadowed when Kramp-Karrenbauer, whose centrism already has her regarded with suspicion by her party's arch-conservatives, bungled her welcoming remarks, causing embarassed laughter when she referred to her own party as the "Social Democrats".


    German media jumped on the slip-up - the tabloid Bild called it an "embarrassing mishap" - and the SPD poked fun at Kramp-Karrenbauer, dubbed AKK after her initials, by offering "solidarity" and reminding her to address party colleagues as "comrade", the SPD's customary greeting.


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    Good news for Germany.
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    Hopefully not too late.

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    Bad news for the USA seems the German idiots came here and are running for potus on the dem side
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