Markus Söder keeps the option open to remain Bavarian Prime Minister until 2033. Experiences with his predecessors Edmund Stoiber and Horst Seehofer show that anyone who thinks they are indispensable will be sawed off. Will Söder escape this fate?
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Sebastian Beck and Andreas Glas
You think it’s kinda funny. In the 2023 election year, the CSU deputies are sitting in the basement of the former Banz monastery and on the podium the prime minister is flirting with the idea of running for the state elections in 2028 – i.e. staying until 2033. Unrest breaks out in the hall, everyone checks the calendar on their smartphones, to be sure. Was there a time gap on the way to the monastery cellar that catapulted the CSU faction into a distant future?