The German public has long been accustomed to Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder ruffling feathers with his remarks. The outspoken head of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party often antagonizes his political allies as well as his opponents. This was also the case with his latest proposal, which occurred at the beginning of last week, when the CSU group in the Bavarian state parliament held a closed-door meeting in the picturesque Banz monastery north of Bamberg. During that