”EU:s stelbenta brexithållning hotar människoliv”
En allt för rigid inställning i brexitförhandlingarna som sker på bekostnad av en uppluckring av säkerhetssamarbetet mellan EU och Storbritannien kan äventyra människors liv. Det skriver Tysklands inrikesminister Horst Seehofer i ett brev till EU-kommissionen, rapporterar Financial Times.
”Att försvaga arkitekturen för Europas säkerhet skulle påverka alla EU-medborgare [...] Det ständiga hotet för gränsöverskridande terrorism visar behovet av obegränsat samarbete,” skriver inrikesministern.
Seehofers brev är en skarp kontrast till tyska regeringens hållning i brexitförhandlingarna, som vidhåller att EU är i lag förhindrat vissa säkerhetssamarbeten med icke-medlemmar.
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Horst Seehofer
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Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born 4 July 1949) is a German politician serving as Leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) since 2008 and Minister of the Interior, Building and Community since 2018 under Chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2008 to 2018, he was Minister President of Bavaria; he also served as President of the Bundesrat between 2011 and 2012.
First elected to the Bundestag in 1980, he served as Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008 he became Leader of the CSU and the 18th Minister President of Bavaria. From 1 November 2011 until 31 October 2012 he served as President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. Because of that he was Acting President of Germany after the resignation of President Christian Wulff on 17 February 2012 and before the election of Joachim Gauck as Wulff's successor on 18 March 2012.A staunch opponent of Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy, Seehofer has threatened to file a formal complaint against the Merkel government's refugee policy with Germany's Constitutional Court and is a proponent of a federal cap on the number of refugees the German government is to take in. Seehofer strongly opposes the potential admission of Turkey into the European Union, citing its status as a member of the "Muslim world".
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