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Berlin (dpa) - The head of the Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK), Georg Maier (SPD), has criticized Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) in the debate about the deportation of criminals to Syria.
«He initiates a discussion, but has no solution.
I think that's inappropriate, ”said Maier, who is also the interior minister in Thuringia, on Wednesday on Deutschlandfunk.
Maier called Seehofer's behavior "populist".
The IMK starts this Wednesday evening.
Seehofer had announced that he wanted to advocate at the conference, instead of a general ban on deportation, in the future, at least for criminals and those at risk, to check again in each individual case whether deportations to Syria are possible.
This met with resistance from the SPD interior ministers.
However, Seehofer received support from within its own ranks.
Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) said: «There will be no decision to extend the ban on deportation to Syria.
The interior ministers of the Union agree on this. "
Due to the different positions, Maier believes a compromise is likely - an extension of the deportation stop by six months.
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Due to the corona pandemic, the conference of interior ministers will not take place in Weimar as planned, but some participants will meet in Berlin, the others will be connected via video conference.
It begins on Wednesday evening with the confidential preliminary meeting.