Bavarian conservative leader Seehofer to step down as party chief

  13 November 2018    Read: 1375
Bavarian conservative leader Seehofer to step down as party chief

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Monday he would step down as chief of Bavaria’s conservative CSU party, which is part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition.

“I will give up my office as party chief,” Seehofer told journalists in the eastern German city of Bautzen, adding the timing of his resignation would be announced during the week.

Seehofer said his resignation as party leader did not affect his office in the federal cabinet.

His resignation comes after Merkel announced that her fourth term as chancellor would be her last and she would step down as leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), the CSU’s sister party on the national level.

Seehofer said his decision was not motivated by his party’s losses in Bavarian state elections in October. “I am taking this decision to make 2019 a year of renewal for the CSU,” he said.

Seehofer, 69, is both an ally and a critic of Merkel. He ha


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