Troublesome, he would find it, you ask him how long he was still Minister. Interior Minister Seehofer announced that he wants to get out of the policy. 2021 is the end.

the German interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, is aiming for after the next Federal election is not for another political office. For him to already know since last year that he would not compete again in an election, said Seehofer in an Interview with the German press Agency.

In July, Seehofer 70 years old. “Overall, I’m coming on 50 years in politics. That’s enough then with the phasing out of this legislature, really,” said the former CSU Chairman.

debates on staff to make it better

The sister party of the CDU, he advised them to lead, because of their losses in the European elections, now hectic personal discussions. “On election days, you have to accountable, regardless of whether you’re the top candidate or not,” he said.

interior Minister Seehofer wants to return to politics in two years.

staff debates made the situation not better. On the question of how long the CDU leader, Kramp-Karrenbauer, Annegret the Position as a Chancellor-in-waiting still hold out could, he said: “I don’t see why that should not work, especially since Angela Merkel and the CDU-understand-Chairman well. This is obviously a Tandem.”

relative to cooled Salvini

Seehofer’s relation to Italy’s interior Minister Matteo Salvini of the right-wing populist Lega has cooled down now, apparently. According to Salvini’s most recent Meeting with AfD representatives as well as with the Head of the right-wing populist party, the Rassemblement National in France, Marine Le Pen, were not for him, “political agreements are no longer possible” have been, “in any case, beyond what falls under the normal cooperation between States”.

In the summer of 2018, the sound is still different. At the time, Seehofer was hoping for a close cooperation with Austria and Italy in migration policy. Salvini had announced before the European elections, with AfD-Chef Jörg Meuthen and representatives of other right-wing populist parties, the establishment of a joint group in the European Parliament.

Seehofer: “Rather I my office”, 21.10.2018 CSU chair: Söder wants to make, 18.11.2018 Seehofer gives the office of the Prime Minister, 04.12.2017 news Atlas |Germany |Berlin

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