German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she reads a joint statement next to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (not pictured) after their delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, October 5, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel installed one of her most trusted allies on Wednesday to oversee her government's handling of the refugee crisis as a new poll showed support for her conservatives slipping to a four-month low.
The decision to give her chief of staff Peter Altmaier responsibility for political coordination of the crisis comes as reports of violent clashes at refugee shelters and of overburdened local communities deepen the scepticism of ordinary Germans towards the influx.
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