Was Söder’s possible chancellor candidacy in 2021 the reason why the billion-euro disaster during the construction of the second Munich main line only became public late? Former Deutsche Bahn board member Ronald Pofalla denied this before the committee of inquiry. How he explains the delayed communication.
A new state parliament will not be elected for another five months. But the Greens, SPD and FDP have already achieved their goal of overthrowing the government of Markus Söder (CSU) and Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) and taking over political power in the Free State themselves. At least spatially speaking. On Wednesday, several representatives of the traffic light opposition were allowed to sit on the government bench in the plenary hall of the state parliament.