Bavaria

Bavaria will no longer keep any files under wraps, but conceded that federal authorities might still hold confidential files.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party suffered clear defeats in two German state elections on Sunday at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, according to projections.

A lawmaker with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party said on Sunday he will give up his seat in parliament and leave politics after it emerged that his company profited from deals to procure masks early in the pandemic.