Bavaria mourns him former state parliament president Alois Glück. He died this morning at the age of 84 in a Munich clinic, as the state parliament announced.
Alois Glück sat for the CSU in the Bavarian parliament for 38 years. In the era of Edmund Stoiber, he was a powerful CSU parliamentary group leader, Upper Bavarian district chairman and head of the CSU policy commission. From 1986 to 1988 he was a member of the Bavarian state government as State Secretary for Regional Development and Environmental Issues.
Glück was most recently active in day-to-day politics when he moderated the round table on species protection on behalf of Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). Beyond politics, he was involved, among other things, in the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), of which he was president from 2009 to 2015.
Aigner: Conservative thought leader – condolence book from Tuesday
State Parliament President Ilse Aigner (CSU) appeared on BR24live to be “very dismayed” by the news of Glück’s death because she “valued him above all else.” He was an “exceptional phenomenon” because he was, on the one hand, a great conservative thinker and, on the other hand, a conciliator. “He always tried to bring together parties that may have initially been irreconcilable.”
In order to give all citizens the opportunity to express their grief, a book of condolence will be displayed in the state parliament. Aigner will be the first to register on Tuesday afternoon, together with Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and CSU parliamentary group leader Klaus Holetschek. The book of condolence will be open to all citizens from 1 p.m. and daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the following days. Guests are asked to use the west entrance of the Maximilianeum on the side facing the Isar. A The digital condolence book is already available here.
Söder: “A strong voice”
Prime Minister Söder emphasized that Glück was one of the greatest and most important politicians in the CSU. “As chairman of the CSU parliamentary group and president of the state parliament, but also as president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, he was always a strong voice and moral authority who will be missed.”
The head of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, wrote in the Kurnachrichtendienst X that as a Catholic, Glück always thought of politics from a human perspective. He did not see change as a threat, but as an opportunity and normality. For CSU parliamentary group leader Klaus Holetschek, Glück was “a shining political role model.” As an intellectual pioneer, he stood for intergenerational justice like no other in the CSU.
Cross-party recognition
The CDU chairman Friedrich Merz wrote on The head of the Free Voters parliamentary group, Florian Streibl, reacted with “great sadness”. Alois Glück clearly and convincingly stood up for Christian values for many decades. “Values that are more important than ever in our crisis-ridden times.” Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) praised Glück as a “brave, straightforward Bavarian patriot and politician.”
Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt (Greens) described the CSU politician as a bridge builder. “I was very connected to him politically and ecumenically. Personally, I appreciated him for his insight and humor. He is missing.” Green party leader Katharina Schulze pointed out that Glück never tired of pointing out the concerns of the young generation in times of climate crisis. “Alois Glück was a politician of stature who will also be missed by me.”
SPD state leader Florian von Brunn was also affected. “He was an absolutely integrity-based, committed politician who not only conducted dialogue across party lines, but also thought beyond party lines,” wrote von Brunn on X. “He was a politician like people imagine him wish.”