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 Andrew MacGregor Marshall@zenjournalist

Germany's government has issued a remarkable rebuke to King Vajiralongkorn's constant meddling in Thai politics while living in a luxury hotel in Bavaria, in a diplomatic development that is hugely embarrassing for the Thai monarch. 1/10The comments by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas mean Vajiralongkorn's continued presence in Germany is becoming increasingly untenable. 2/10During a debate in Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, Maas was asked by Green Party legislator Frithjof Schmidt whether the European Union would suspend trade talks with Thailand due to the regime's constant efforts to undermine democracy. 3/10Maas replied that while the EU preferred dialogue to punitive measures, Germany would not rule out suspending trade talks "if the Thai regime continues this behaviour that we have taken note of from here". 4/10Schmidt cited as an example the intervention by Vajiralongkorn on February 8, 2019, when the king issued a statement from Germany declaring that the nomination of his sister Ubolratana as a prime ministerial candidate was inappropriate and unconstitutional. 6/10“We have made it clear that politics concerning Thailand should not be conducted from German soil,” Maas replied. “If there are guests in our country that conduct their state business from our soil we would always want to act to counteract that.” 7/10Clearly the only way Germany can actually prevent Vajiralongkorn from meddling in Thai politics from German soil is by banning him from the country. Vajiralongkorn spends most of his time living at the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Bavaria with a harem of around 20 women. 8/10Vajiralongorn constantly interferes in Thai politics from his base in Germany, and in January 2017 he even intervened to demand changes to the new constitution to explicitly state that even when living abroad he would reign over Thailand without the need for a regent. 9/10Following the latest comments by the German government, it is difficult to see how Vajiralongkorn can continue living there. 10/10

 

Will Thai media report the comments by Germany's foreign minister about King Vajiralongkorn? It is a huge story, hard to ignore, but deeply embarrassing for the palace. Let's see