Overview
- The local Greens say they will nominate Uhl in October as a non-party candidate for the 2026 municipal election.
- Uhl confirmed he has resigned from the CSU effective at the end of September.
- He has served as mayor of Zusmarshausen since 2014 and will not seek another term there after stepping aside in a contested nomination.
- Talks began after Wertingen’s long-time mayor, Willy Lehmeier of Freie Wähler, decided not to run again.
- Uhl and the Greens describe pragmatic cooperation at the local level, even as CSU leader Markus Söder rejects alliances with the Greens.