Angela Merkel has called for a ban on the burka "wherever possible" in Germany and said there can be no repeat of last year's migrant crisis in a speech launching her bid for another two-year term as Chancellor.
"German law takes precedence over sharia," Mrs Merkel said during a speech at her party's annual two-day congress in the western city of Essen.
"The full face veil should be banned, wherever legally possible," she added, to prolonged applause.
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