CSU politician
Former Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer resigns from the Bundestag
He had received massive criticism because of the failed car toll, but now politics is over: Andreas Scheuer from the CSU is giving up his Bundestag mandate early. Apparently the pressure from within their own ranks was too great.
The 49-year-old had already announced in January that he would no longer run in the next federal election. The CSU said at the time that he had not taken the step lightly. Before that, according to dpa information, there had been repeated skeptical voices in the Lower Bavaria CSU district association about Scheuer’s candidacy again.
Andreas Scheuer has sat in the Bundestag since 2002
The CSU politician had been a member of the Bundestag since 2002, where he represented the Passau constituency. From 2009 to 2013 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, and from December 2013 to 2018 he took over the position of CSU General Secretary alongside the then party leader Horst Seehofer. After the 2018 federal election, he became Federal Transport Minister in Angela Merkel’s (CDU) fourth cabinet.
As a minister, Scheuer came under massive criticism because of the failed car toll – even within the CSU, he was subsequently seen as a burden by many.