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Bavaria’s governor leaves his deputy in office despite a furor over antisemitism allegations

BERLIN — The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Sunday that he will let his deputy stay in office despite a furor that started with allegations he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer when he was a high school student 35 years ago. Governor Markus Soeder, a leading figure in Germany’s center-right opposition, said he had concluded that …

Bavaria's governor leaves his deputy in office despite a furor over antisemitism allegations

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Governor Markus Soeder, a leading …

Bavarian governor orders his deputy to fully explain himself to clear allegations of antisemitism

BERLIN — The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Tuesday that his deputy had not done enough to prove he wasn’t responsible for an antisemitic flyer as a high school student and ordered him to answer a detailed questionnaire to clear himself of any possible involvement in the scandal that caused an uproar in Germany. Daily newspaper Sueddeutsche …

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Berlin: Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, on Tuesday won a bruising power struggle to become the candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right bloc for chancellor in the September election. The race turned into a heated duel after both Laschet, the leader of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, and Soeder, who leads its smaller Bavarian sister party, the …

Polls support Bavarian governor to run for German chancellor

Beam me up? Bavarian governor eyes top job after Merkel

NUREMBERG, Germany — Markus Soeder is many things: the state governor of Bavaria, a conservative who believes in combating climate change, and a Star Trek fan. “It’s the same as with corona: the economic damage in the long run is much greater and much worse if we do nothing.” Soeder, whose state is home to automakers BMW and Audi, raised …