article_snippet.sent: Angela Merkel threw down the gauntlet to Cameron last night and said large countries should be prepared to accept more asylum seekers.
article_snippet.sent: The German Chancellor demanded a new European Union system that distributes asylum-seekers to member states based on member states population and economic strength.
article_snippet.sent: German has demanded a new European Union system that distributes asylum-seekers to member states based on member states population and economic strength .
article_snippet.sent: Speaking at a campaign event ahead of state elections in Bremen, Angela Merkel said yesterday that EU's own rules on asylum-seekers are not working.
article_snippet.sent: Angela Merkel called for the current rules, known as the Dublin regulations, to be scrapped. '
article_snippet.sent: the EU's own rules on asylum-seekers Dublin need to be changed,' Angela Merkel told fellow EU leaders. '
article_snippet.sent: But Germany has long accused southern EU countries of ignoring the EU's own rules on asylum-seekers and encouraging asylum-seekers to move on.
article_snippet.sent: The German government is believed to be particularly concerned that the Italian authorities are not doing enough to register asylum-seekers who arrive there.
article_snippet.sent: Germany believes Germany is being made to bear an disproportionate burden of asylum-seekers lured there by Germany strong economy.
highlights_snippet.sent: Angela Merkel has challenged Cameron to accept more asylum seekers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Angela Merkel said a new EU system was needed based on countries' economies .
  