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Roman Deininger, Andreas Glas, Johann Osel and Klaus Ott
At the end of his explanation, the stopwatch will stop at 216 seconds. “Good morning,” says Markus Söder. His second sentence reveals that this is whitewashing: “Today is a bitter day.” It’s Wednesday, the CSU leader has invited people to party headquarters in Munich to cushion the political tremor that the resignation of his general secretary, Stephan Mayer, has set in motion. Officially, Mayer threw down for health reasons, which Söder emphasizes. And yet what Mayer has allowed himself, he also finds “unacceptable”. So he accepted the resignation, “not with a light heart,” says Söder. “Get well soon,” he wishes Mayer, then he leaves the room. Less than five minutes later, Söder’s limousine rolls out of the underground car park at the party headquarters. end of the performance. But the difficulties are just beginning for Söder.