Overview

• Horst Seehofer calls the bid to discredit the entire Green movement a strategic mistake and says the approach has harmed the party’s positioning.
• Erwin Huber argues the Union’s firewall to the AfD must remain concrete while the door to cooperation with the Greens should stay open for future options.
• The criticisms were delivered in interviews with Stern and widely carried by national outlets, signaling an open internal challenge to Markus Söder’s course.
• Markus Söder has repeatedly attacked the Greens and previously ruled out a coalition in Bavaria, though his public broadsides eased after the February federal power shift.
• The clash comes five months before the 8 March 2026 municipal elections, with Huber’s recent visit to a Green parliamentary retreat underscoring calls for dialogue.