The funeral service for Wolfgang Schäuble took place in the Protestant town church of his hometown of Offenburg. Hundreds of people, including numerous politicians and companions, said goodbye to the CDU politician. Schäuble died on Boxing Day at the age of 81 after a long, serious illness. During his career, the Baden native held important political offices: he was a minister, CDU leader, parliamentary group leader and President of the German Bundestag. Nobody has been a member of Parliament longer than him. His work has recently been recognized across party lines.
Among the mourners were Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD), the President of the Federal Constitutional Court, Stephan Harbarth, the CDU federal chairman Friedrich Merz and the former CDU leader Armin Laschet, the Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), his predecessor Günther Oettinger ( CDU), State Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU), CDU state leader Manuel Hagel and the former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.