In the north of Bavaria, the Free Voters have a problem, local party leaders are leaving, local associations are leaving the party. Reason for each: Aiwanger’s course. Are these just isolated cases?
For almost 28 years, Gerald Brehm has been mayor of Höchstadt, Franconia, and head of the town hall for the Free Voters, whom he has long called “my Free Voters”. Until that day last October when he announced that the withdrawal notice was already on the way. Anyone who spoke to the mayor that day heard a composed person, a man without foam at the mouth. Brehm sounded rather sad. But also determined. A common path with a party dominated by Hubert Aiwanger? No, he doesn’t want to anymore.