German Interior Minister defends controversial rejections to limits as legally possible

Berlin – The German Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt defended the controversial rejection of asylum seekers at the borders as legally possible. “Our asylum law offers the basics for this,” said the CSU politician on Thursday evening on ZDF. Contracts with neighboring countries also allowed this. “Embedded with the European exception rules then gives a way at the end that you can do it.” In this context, he also mentioned the “emergency situations” articles 72 of the EU, which, in the event of danger to internal security and order, grants the states special rights. However, a government spokesman said on Thursday: “The Federal Chancellor will not call out a national emergency.”