The Greens govern in Berlin - is participation in the state government in Bavaria also possible?
According to CSU boss Markus Söder, the answer is: no.
Munich - CSU boss Markus Söder wants to continue the alliance with the free voters after the election in autumn 2023.
Bavaria wants a "bourgeois government," he says in an interview.
This is a clear rejection of advances by the Greens, who would like to have a say in government.
Söder complains that the Greens in Bavaria, unlike in Baden-Württemberg, are "ideologically far left" and without "their own Bavarian identity - they uncritically cheer everything that comes from Berlin and reject the commitment to Bavarian interests." Black-Green in Bavaria means "that the North German Greens are constantly influencing Bavaria via the traffic lights and we are less able to make decisions independently and freely."
Söder: The relationship with Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has also cooled off
Relations with Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck have also cooled off.
"No break, but a certain disappointment," says Söder.
“In the beginning, the collaboration seemed refreshing.
As if he were rethinking and not just partisan-ideological.
But in the meantime it is obviously only about green sensitivity.
The botch with the gas levy and a strange understanding of medium-sized companies make Habeck doubt.” Söder demands that Chancellor Scholz must “make energy a top priority”.
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