Countries don’t have friends, they have interests, is one of the sentences that Henry Kissinger left to the world. This even applies to Bavaria, which is only a member state, but has long since come to terms with this, i.e. for the most part. And because no state can choose with whom it has to talk about common or conflicting interests, it made perfect sense for Markus Söder to be in Rome with Giorgia Meloni on Friday; the Prime Minister with the Prime Minister, so to speak. If Austria decides to use block handling at the Brenner due to construction work, it will have more impact on the Republic of Italy and the state of Bavaria than on the Nordic state of Brandenburg.
Söder at Meloni: He can have the cell phone number – opinion
