Carnival loving, eloquent Soeder wants to be Germany’s first Bavarian chancellor

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BERLIN — Dismissed for decades by critics as a country bumpkin who loves silly carnival costumes, Bavarian leader Markus Soeder said on Sunday that he was willing to run as the conservative candidate for German chancellor, provided he had the bloc’s full backing. Angela Merkel, who has clocked up four election victories and led Europe’s […]

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