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In German politics, the term Südschiene denotes the cooperation between the southern federal states of Germany, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg , which for a long time were ruled by CDU or CSU governments.

In the Spiegel the term was used for the first time in 1959 in connection with a "Südschiene" advertising program for broadcasters. In 1978, Spiegel also spoke of a “conservative southern line” of Helmut Kohl's opponents in the CDU and CSU.

After the change of power in Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2011 to a Green - SPD government, according to media reports, the southern line was terminated by the Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer , which even outraged the Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU. In 2014 there was another joint push into the energy policy of the two countries. There was also a joint advance in financial policy in September 2014.

At the end of July 2019, the southern rail was revived under the Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Baden-Württemberg) and Markus Söder (Bavaria) by a joint cabinet meeting in Meersburg , Baden-Württemberg . In the cabinet meeting, among other things, extensive cooperation in the areas of battery research, climate protection, energy policy and joint, cross-border transport projects was promised.

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Individual evidence

  1. CRIME FILMS: Always Trouble with Hess, Spiegel dated August 29, 1959 ( Memento of the original dated October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spiegel.de
  2. CDU: Now we're back to zero - DER SPIEGEL 33/1978
  3. Even CDU outraged: CSU terminates Südschiene - n-tv.de
  4. Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg revitalize “Südschiene” - the finance ministers from Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria want more tax rights from the federal government - a difficult undertaking, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of September 26, 2014
  5. "Südschiene" meets at Lake Constance, BR24 from July 23, 2019
  6. Südschiene works, Bayernkurier from July 23, 2019
  7. , "Südschiene": Stronger together ?, Bayerische Staatszeitung, July 23, 2019