Shortly before the state elections, Christian Bernreiter, whose main job is building minister, is to become party leader in Lower Bavaria - and repair the damage caused by his predecessor Andreas Scheuer.from Andrew GlassIf you will, Christian Bernreiter is the cliché of a CSU politician - and at the same time the opposite. Physically robust, strong in dialect, outspoken. But not a "speaker", as he would say himself, not a joker who only masters the super Bavarian pose that is...
The chair on the government bench right next to the lectern is empty, Markus Söder is not taking part in the morning parliamentary debate on Thursday. This is not breaking news: it was already noticeable in the balance sheet at the end of the year that the prime minister was really not a permanent guest in the plenary hall in 2022 - quite different, by the way, from many heads of government in other federal states in their parliaments. The...
from Andrew GlassIn three weeks is political Ash Wednesday, which the CSU traditionally pompously labels as the "high mass" of Bavarian politics. If you follow this logic, Andreas Scheuer is something like the house pastor in the Passau Dreiländerhalle, where the party meets on February 22 to verbally beat up the political competition. As district head of the Niederbayern-CSU, Scheuer is entitled to the opening speech, "there is nothing nicer for a politician," he says himself. But this time Scheuer...
Former Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer wants to hand over the CSU district presidency in Lower Bavaria to the incumbent Bavarian Minister of Transport, Christian Bernreiter. At the district party conference on July 8, he will no longer be available for election, the 48-year-old told the Bayern media group. "My decision has been clear to me personally for a very, very long time." At the request of the media group and subject to the approval of the delegates, Bernreiter...
Christian Bernreiter continues to criticize that the train ticket should work purely digitally. But with a Bavarian special route, passengers in other federal states could become fare dodgers.Bavaria excludes going it alone with the 49-euro ticket. Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU) reiterated his criticism of the plans of Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP), who calls for an exclusively digital solution. "But there cannot be a Bavarian special route, because otherwise the passengers might not be able to use their...
The cabinet removes hurdles in the expansion of mobile communications, and certain masts should be able to be erected in the future without permission. Economics Minister Aiwanger reprimands the network operators that the "cosy course" is over.from John OselIn order to accelerate the expansion of mobile communications, the state government is removing hurdles in the Bavarian building code. In a pact for digital infrastructure, the Free State, mobile phone operators and municipal umbrella organizations had already agreed on measures last...
The larger community needs more money if it wants to build its own apartments as planned. This is nothing new, because of these financing difficulties, the municipal building area of Vaterstetten Northwest was put on hold last year. According to Mayor Leonhard Spitzauer (CSU), better funding from the Free State is needed so that it can still be implemented in the foreseeable future. The head of the town hall has now written an open letter to his party colleague Christian...
Battery production, which will one day supply the automobile plants in Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg, will probably be set up on the outskirts of the Lower Bavarian village of Irlbach. "We're in the race," confirms the mayor.An important industrial settlement is likely to be in the offing in Lower Bavaria. According to information from Süddeutsche Zeitung it is considered very likely that the automobile manufacturer BMW will build its new assembly plant for high-voltage batteries in Irlbach near Straßkirchen (district...
The state government wants to counteract the tense situation on the rental market in large parts of Bavaria with a "housing booster". The aim of the measures, which the cabinet of Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) discussed on Monday, is to boost housing construction in the Free State even in times of crisis. The real estate industry is talking about "dark clouds" for the challenging year 2023 and has already started to cancel new construction projects, said Building Minister Christian...
Of John OselThe SPD calls for an independent commission of experts to analyze the problems in state housing and in particular in the Bayernheim society. "After the Söder government failed so blatantly in housing policy, everything has to be put to the test," said SPD country chief Florian von Brunn on Tuesday. Research by the SZ had previously shown that Bayernheim, which was founded by Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) in 2018, currently only has 234 apartments in its portfolio,...
