[HIGHLIGHTS] Michael Roth (SPD) criticizes Markus Söder's (CSU) trip to China: "If it weren't so sad, you would have to laugh."

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder spent a week traveling through China. SPD foreign policy expert Michael Roth speaks of “megalomania.” Roth: "If it weren't so sad, you would have to laugh." SöDer defended his trip to China in “Bild am Sonntag” "Exchange achieves better long-term results than confrontation and instruction," he said in a press conference on Sunday.

“We do realpolitik instead of moral politics: We represent Bavaria’s interests abroad and open doors for the economy,” he said.