Overview

• Local leaders of CSU, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Generation Fortschritt and SPD issued a joint statement recommending Daniel Josef Pflügl as a nonpartisan candidate for the 2025 mayoral race.
• The endorsement signals that incumbent CSU mayor Stefan Welzel is not being put forward by his own party for the upcoming election.
• The four groups frame the choice as a unity move, citing the need to tackle pressing city tasks with a trusted, politically neutral figure.
• Supporters highlight Pflügl’s profile as a 49-year-old diploma-level public administrator and longtime police officer, a city council member since 2014 and the deputy mayor for five years.
• The recommendation remains nonbinding, with formal nominations to be determined by party and voters’ group members in early October.