Overview
- At the Bavarian Greens’ retreat in Passau, Huber was greeted with applause, bravo calls and selfies as he addressed deputies.
- He said Germany could be glad to have strong Greens as partners after the 2028/29 elections and criticized CSU leader Markus Söder’s tie‑up with the Freie Wähler, saying Hubert Aiwanger “speaks like the AfD.”
- Green parliamentary leader Katharina Schulze welcomed dialogue and said cooperation with the CSU is possible only if Söder clearly distances himself from the AfD.
- Freie Wähler floor leader Florian Streibl dismissed black‑green talk as beneficial to his party, while the CSU offered no immediate official response.
- Huber warned that local deals could erode the firewall to the AfD ahead of the March 2026 municipal elections and urged the democratic center to keep coalition options open, while affirming his loyalty to the CSU.