BERLIN — The Latest on a standoff in Germany’s governing coalition over the future of the country’s domestic intelligence chief (all times local):8:25 p.m.Germany’s interior minister says leaders of the governing coalition have reached a deal to resolve a dispute over the future of the country’s domestic intelligence chief. ——7:20 p.m.German media are reporting that leaders of the country’s governing coalition are moving toward a deal to defuse a dispute on the future of the country’s domestic intelligence chief. The leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition are trying to resolve a standoff over the future of the country’s domestic intelligence chief and stabilize their six-month-old alliance. The party wants Maassen removed for appearing to downplay recent violence against migrants, but conservative Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has stood by him. On Friday, Social Democrat leader Andrea Nahles asked Merkel and Seehofer to renegotiate the deal.

Source: National Post September 23, 2018 17:46 UTC