Bavaria premier: we don't want to risk German govt stability

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Soeder arrives for a Christian Social Union (CSU) leadership meeting in Munich, Germany July 1, 2018. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavaria does not want to risk the stability of the German government, state premier Markus Soeder said, adding he hoped for a compromise with Chancellor Angela Merkel in a migrant policy row among her conservatives that threatens her coalition.

"There are many possible compromises, including some that we have offered, to reach a solution and this is very important. And we hope this is still possible. One thing is clear: the stability of the government is not a question for us," Soeder said at an event in Passau on Monday.

(Reporting by Joseph Nasr and Madeline Chambers)