German coalition's future at stake as parties again try to resolve spymaster affair


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  • Saturday, 22 Sep 2018

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer leave a news conference following the so called a housing summit on rising rents in many German cities and a general shortage of affordable housing in Berlin, Germany September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - The fate of Chancellor Angela Merkel's unwieldy six-month-old government hangs in the balance this weekend as the three coalition parties seek again to resolve their dispute over Germany's scandal-tainted spymaster.

The coalition parties agreed on Tuesday to transfer spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen to the interior ministry following accusations that he harboured far-right views after he questioned the authenticity of video footage showing radicals hounding migrants in the eastern city of Chemnitz.

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