Angela Merkel and the man who won’t succeed

Angela Merkel and the man who won’t succeed

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norman lebrecht

July 26, 2021

The German Chancellor made a final official appearance at the Bayreuth Festival opening yesterday in the company – very carefully distanced – of the Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder, whose bid to succeed her as Chancellor she carefully thwarted.

Söder tweeted the tense joint portrait below.

Say Käse.

Comments

  • Gustavo says:

    A wonder he didn’t lash out.

  • HugoPreuss says:

    Pray tell, how has Merkel “carefully thwarted” his candidacy? Apparently you know more about German politics than German political commentators, and I (a professor of political science at a German university) would like to profit from your insight.

    Söder is the head of the CSU, a party that exists only in Bavaria. Laschet is the head of the much larger CDU, prime minister of Northrhine-Westfalia, the largest German state, and he really wanted the job. Again, pray tell how the sinister hand of Angela Merkel arranged the natural outcome of that power struggle.

    • True North says:

      Professor, you will come to learn that this blog is mainly intended to disseminate salacious gossip, but is otherwise generally a fact-free zone. It is a warm and welcoming environment for the right-wing trolls who gather here.

  • Angela says:

    Other than the British politicians, they still try to practice and demonstrate social distancing in Germany. If this might help as an explanation.

  • Gustavo says:

    “The Phantom of the Opera” looks particularly tense on that picture as he will be losing his right to exist.

  • Thomas Müthing says:

    No one wants to be associated with Markus Soder if he or she doesn’t absolutely have to be. Everybody knows he’s an arse.

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