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 …
BERLIN — Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, emerged victorious Tuesday from a bruising power struggle and became the candidate of Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc to succeed the longtime chancellor in the country’s September election. “So it’s important now for the Union, the CDU and CSU to go into the election campaign as a team.” Parts of …
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 …
