Overview

• At a CDU event in Bocholt, Markus Söder told Hendrik Wüst that Bavaria will keep its existing school vacation schedule.
• Söder said other states could swap dates but Bavaria would not change, reinforcing the message with "No chance."
• The exchange unfolded before hundreds of attendees in Wüst’s home district in the Westmünsterland.
• NRW education minister Dorothee Feller had in July called for a later summer start, drawing an immediate rebuttal from Bavaria.
• The joint appearance comes ahead of North Rhine-Westphalia’s 14 September local elections for councils and executive offices.