... Markus Söder uses the CSU party caucus to explain his position on environmental concerns in the auto industry. He gives the year 2035 as a start-date for the end of the combustion engine as we know it. This ambitious plan involves the phase out of fossil fuels entirely from the auto industry in Bavaria. He uses the example of US activist state California.
... Söder defends his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and encourages easier access to testing in his home state of Bavaria.
... concluding his remarks at the CSU party retreat, Söder denies ambitions for the federal CSU party leadership and says, as always, that "his home is with the Bavarian CSU."
