Overview

• The CSU has confirmed Alexander Dobrindt as Interior Minister, Dorothee Bär as Research, Technology and Space Minister, and Alois Rainer as Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Homeland in the incoming federal cabinet.
• Markus Söder highlighted the appointments as aligned with the CSU's priorities of 'Law and Order, High Tech, and Heimat' to advance Bavarian interests at the federal level.
• Florian Hahn will serve as State Minister in the Foreign Office, while Daniela Ludwig, Silke Launert, Martina Englhardt-Kopf, and Ulrich Lange have been named state secretaries in various ministries.
• Söder has vowed to closely supervise the coalition's performance, signaling a shift from the CSU's previous strategy of blaming Berlin for governance challenges.
• Friedrich Merz is scheduled to be elected Chancellor on May 6, contingent on CDU and SPD ratification of the coalition agreement.