Health Minister Klaus Holetschek will in future lead the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament. He is seen as someone who can make a name for himself alongside the all-powerful party leader Söder. Many MPs have great hope for this.
Anyone who needed a hint got it on election night. On stage, Markus Söder straightened himself out and immediately announced that his party had not won a “beauty prize,” but had won the election. CSU celebrities framed their boss left and right, but no one was as close to Söder as Klaus Holetschek. The final clue?