Germany's Seehofer says EU 'patronising' eastern members on migrants


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  • Sunday, 18 Mar 2018

FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer during a statement before the start of coalition talks at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's interior minister drew fire from across the political spectrum on Sunday after accusing the European Union of taking a patronising stance towards 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 centre-left Social Democratic coalition partners.

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