Florian Hahn, like his previous buddy Markus Söder, is a football fan, and like him, the CSU district chairman and member of the Bundestag from Putzbrunn is no stranger to football comparisons. In the speeches of both, Bayern and the district of Munich play in the Champions League. So you don’t do Hahn an injustice when you state that from now on he only plays in the second division. Instead of being given the post of CSU general secretary by his supposed mentor during the major cabinet and party reshuffle on Wednesday, the only thing left for the soon to be 48-year-old is the title of “international secretary”, which will be awarded for the first time. Hahn could have assumed that as deputy general secretary he had already warmed up for higher things.
Yes, that’s how it is if you believe in Markus Söder’s friendship. Others in the party have had similar experiences, such as Ludwig Spaenle, the former Munich CSU boss and Minister of Education. Although Söder’s son’s godfather, he was coldly dismissed. Bitter for Hahn, who was one of the most loyal Söderians when he ousted Horst Seehofer from party and government leadership. Doubly bitter, because Hahn’s other dreams were dashed by the election defeat in September, such as a ministerial post or at least a post as state secretary. He therefore shares the fate of another party friend from Munich-Land, who also considered himself qualified for various offices throughout his political life: Ernst Weidenbusch. In the end, Haarer, who would have liked to have become finance minister, didn’t even become head of the airport company.
Kerstin Schreyer does not fit into this row, although Söder put her chair in front of the door on Wednesday. After all, the woman from Unterhaching was a minister twice, and as a family minister she was a good one. But the 50-year-old qualified social worker did not warm to the Ministry of Construction and Transport. But it could also have played a role that her pandering to Markus Söder was always foreign. Be that as it may: With the departure of Schreyer and Hahn to the second row, the Christian Socialists in the Munich area are losing massive influence in the party.