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Bavarian Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy Hubert Aiwanger gestures, at the Free Voters' event, in Keferloh, Germany, Sunday, Sept, 3, 2023. The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Sunday that he will let his deputy stay in office following a furor that started with allegations he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer when he was a high school student 35 years ago. (Frederick Mersi/dpa via AP)

Bavaria’s governor leaves his deputy in office despite a furor over antisemitism allegations

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Armin Laschet, chairman of the German Christian Democratic party (CDU), addresses the media during a statement in front of the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Laschet wins battle to lead Merkel’s bloc in German election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

The chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), ArminLaschet, left, and the chairman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, right, after a statement folowing a closed meeting of the federal parliament factions of both partys in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, April 11, 2021. The two party chairmen and German state governors want to become the center-right candidate for the country's Sept. 26 national election, the German news agency dpa reported Sunday. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool Photo via AP)

Merkel’s bloc spars over who will run for German chancellor

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Bavarian state governor Markus Soeder attends an Associated Press interview in Nuremberg, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Markus Soeder is many things: state governor of Bavaria, Star Trek fan, a conservative for whom combating climate change is an article of faith. The question Germans are asking now is: can the 54-year-old win enough backing across the political spectrum to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor in September. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Beam me up? Bavarian governor eyes top job after Merkel

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE -- A medical staff takes a sample for a voluntary coronavirus disease test (COVID-19) at the new corona test station at the 'Hochfelln' service station on the A8 motorway between Salzburg and Munich near Bergen, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2020. German authorities worked through the night to clear a backlog of coronavirus tests from travelers after it emerged 900 people who were positive for COVID-19 had yet to be informed. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader file)

Coronavirus positive? Thousands in Germany left wondering

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela, left, and Markus Soeder, right, Governour of the German state of Bavaria, arrive at the Herrechiemsee island, Germany, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the Bavarian state cabinet at the 'Herrenchiemsee' palace. (Peter Kneffel/DPA via AP, Pool)

Germany’s Merkel says she won’t weigh in on successor

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 14, 2018 file photo from left: German Science and Education Minister Anja Karliczek, Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Gerd Mueller, Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Helge Braun, Head of the Chancellery, pose for the media during the constitutive cabinet meeting of the new German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Markus Soeder, the leader of the smallest party in Merkel's coalition, said in a weekend interview with the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that “we should rejuvenate and renew the government team by the middle of the year” to give it new momentum. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

German government starts 2020 with new strife over Cabinet

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