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Germany’s interior minister drew fire from across the political spectrum on Sunday after accusing the European Union of taking a patronizing stance toward eastern EU members about migration. The remarks by Horst Seehofer, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CSU Bavarian allies, put him at odds with Merkel and her center-left Social Democratic coalition partners.
His comments, reported by the newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday, came days after he sparked a public outcry by saying Islam did not belong to Germany.
Merkel had already rebuffed Seehofer last week, saying that Germany’s 4 million Muslims belonged to the country, as did their religion.