FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron react as they await European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Meseberg, Germany, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron on euro zone reforms does not violate the coalition agreement, as some Bavarian conservatives have claimed, a top aide to the German leader said.
Chancellery minister Helge Braun underscored Germany's determination to maintain control and avoid turning the euro zone into a "debt union" in a letter to lawmakers from the parties in the ruling "grand coalition."Merkel, already locked in an escalating showdown with allies in the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) over migration, has come under additional fire from CSU leader Horst Seehofer for not coordinating her euro zone agreement with his party.
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