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  Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (56, CSU) is sticking by his deputy Hubert Aiwanger (52, Free Voters) despite the leaflet affair. He explained this on Sunday, admitting: “I know that not everyone will like my decision, there remain residual doubts.” But a current survey now shows: The majority of Germans support Söder's decision! ► As a Forsa survey for “Stern” showed, 58 percent of Germans think Söder’s decision to keep Aiwanger in office was correct. 34 percent are of the opinion that Söder should have fired Aiwanger. Another eight percent did not provide any information. According to the survey, approval is particularly high among voters for the CSU (92 percent), the AfD (86 percent), the CDU (77 percent) and the FDP (72 percent). In contrast, the majority of supporters of the SPD (65 percent) and the Greens (71 percent) believed that it was right to dismiss the free-voter politician. In Bavaria, the result was even clearer than in the federal government: Here, 72 pe...

Bavaria's Prime Minister Söder sent his deputy 25 questions to clarify the anti-Semitism allegations against him. In the morning, Söder put pressure on him again. In the evening, Aiwanger provided the answers - now it's Söder's turn.In the affair of an anti-Semitic leaflet, Bavaria's Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger answered questions from Prime Minister Markus Söder about the allegations in writing. His answers were delivered in the evening. The State Chancellery confirmed receipt.This brings the Aiwanger affair to a crucial point: it is now CSU leader Söder's turn and must decide whether or not to fire Aiwanger a month before the state elections on October 8th. It remained unclear when he would publicly announce this decision. Söder wanted an answer "during the day"In the morning, Söder had increased the time pressure on Aiwanger to quickly answer Tuesday's list of questions. “It is important to me that the 25 questions are now answe...

  Bavaria's Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger (52, Free Voters) Aschau im Chiemgau (Bavaria) – Will he come or not – that was the exciting question for many Aschau residents. And HE came. Bavaria's deputy head of government Hubert Aiwanger (52) opened the “Aschauer Markt” folk festival yesterday evening. At 6:57 p.m. he entered the tent, which was filled to capacity. The crowd roared, cheered and applauded him. Occasional shouts of “Bravo Hubert” could also be heard. ▶︎ At 7:10 p.m. he took the first sip of his beer and put a hop crown on his party colleague Barbara Stein's head. At 7:30 p.m. he took the stage to applause from the audience. Previously, his “Free Voters” colleague Sepp Lausch lashed out at his boss. “He is the last and only politician who still dares to open his mouth and shows backbone,” he cheered. Aiwanger was happy to take the ball, his commitment: “Dear friends of common sense, welcome here in the beer tent.” Aiwanger remains silent about the Auschw...