Overview

• The reception took place at Schloss Schleißheim and drew prominent figures from government, judiciary, churches and cultural sectors.
• Volunteers from across Bavaria, with an emphasis on municipal office-holders, were honored as thanks ahead of the 2026 local elections.
• Minister-President Markus Söder and CSU colleagues attended alongside cross-party legislators and cabinet ministers.
• The AfD’s legal challenge over MP Tobias Teich’s exclusion remains pending before the constitutional court.
• In her address Aigner praised grassroots volunteers as the foundation of local democracy and urged more women to enter municipal politics.