Dorothee Bär: Söder apologized a number of occasions for his phrases | EUROtoday

Research Minister Dorothee Bär (CSU) describes the talk about celebration chief Söder’s phrases about her as Space Minister as exaggerated. “Markus Söder and I have known and appreciated each other for well over 30 years,” the minister informed the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (Monday). “I knew when he said it that he didn’t mean it. He’s apologized for it several times now. And now it’s okay again.”

Söder stated in a speech on the CSU celebration convention in Munich in December that he didn’t anticipate a lot from Bär. He actually stated: “And now we also have a ministry, and Doro is our space minister, which makes me particularly happy. Thank you for your work in this position.”

This was adopted by sentences that had been usually interpreted as humiliating or nasty. “No question, we don’t expect much from you, but a lot of money to Bavaria, dear Doro, ha ha, that would be nice,” stated Söder within the path of the minister, who was sitting subsequent to Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who Söder had beforehand praised with many extra phrases.

Bär (47) has been Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space since May 2025. At the celebration convention on December twelfth, she was confirmed as celebration vice-president with the worst results of all candidates (74.6 %). Söder was re-elected as celebration chief with 83.6 % of the delegate votes, his worst end result ever since he grew to become celebration chief in 2019.