A lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will likely stand trial for insulting Bavaria's conservative state premier, Markus Söder, during a speech last year. Stephan Protschka, who also serves as the AfD's state chairman in Bavaria, denounced Söder as "Södolf" and called him a "traitor to the state" in a speech during the AfD's Ash Wednesday festivities in 2023. "Sodolf" is a combination of Söder with Adolf (Hitler) and is seen as an insult. Protschka is scheduled to sta