German Interior Minister Seehofer reportedly offers to resign

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German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer arrives for the weekly government cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany.

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has offered to resign as both minister and as chairman of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union at a closed meeting of the party’s presidency, party sources said on Sunday.

Sources said Seehofer had not yet submitted the resignation and that some in the party were attempting to change his mind over the decision.

Seehofer has been pushing for Chancellor Angela Merkel to agree to a tougher immigration policy.