Merkel aide optimistic conservatives will overcome migrant cap dispute

[WorldNews]

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By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chief of Staff said on Sunday he was confident Germany's sister conservative parties, whose unity is threatened by a row over migrant policy just a year before a federal election, would soon sort out their differences. Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) - the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) - wants to cap the number of refugees at 200,000 per year after around one million arrived in 2015. Peter Altmaier, who is close to Merkel and is responsible for overseeing the government's handling of refugee issues, told broadcaster ARD he was "very optimistic" the CDU and CSU would be able to put their differences aside in the coming weeks.

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