Bavarian State Prime Minister Markus Soeder of the Christian Social Union (CSU) delivers a speech at an election rally at one of Bavaria's oldest fairs, the Gillamoos Fair in Abensberg, Germany September 3, 2018. Picture taken September 3, 2018. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
ABENSBERG, Germany (Reuters) - For decades the conservative Christian Social Union has run the state of Bavaria - famous for BMWs, beer festivals and the Bayern Munich soccer club - as it sees fit, ignoring the vagaries of German national politics.
That may change next month, when an election risks upsetting the party in a development that would also have grave implications for Chancellor Angela Merkel's government in Berlin, where the CSU is an important ally.
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