Overview
- Only 57.52% of more than 1,100 members voted to remove most of the state board in Greding, below the two‑thirds required, so the leadership stays in office.
- The motion targeted multiple board members—reports vary between eight and nine—while state chair Stephan Protschka was not named; he said the board will continue and plans internal talks.
- The showdown followed weeks of procedural fights over when to hold the next board election and disputes over an online support list that included obviously fake names, with record turnout fueling hours of wrangling.
- Factional lines cut through the party’s right flank, pitting figures like Katrin Ebner-Steiner and Christoph Maier against Martin Böhm, Rene Dierkes, and Franz Schmid, with Dierkes and Schmid individually monitored by Bavarian domestic intelligence.
- Delegates also adopted the municipal election program and backed a demand to classify Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, while observers say the rift could complicate preparations for the March 8, 2026 vote.