Overview

• Dr. Robert Aldini, Dr. Birgitta Klemenz, Andreas Lohde and Michael Piscitelli resigned from the CSU faction and local party on 16 October, including the high‑profile former chair and twice mayoral candidate Lohde.
• The quartet created an independent group called Fürstenfeldbrucker Mitte, informed Mayor Christian Götz and timed the move ahead of a CSU list meeting.
• They will sit as an independent faction until the election, will keep their mandates and plan to field their own list in March.
• Post‑split seat counts reported locally are BBV 11 plus the mayor, CSU 7, Greens 6, Free Voters 5, Fürstenfeldbrucker Mitte 4, SPD 3, and FDP, ÖDP, Die Partei and Die Linke with 1 each.
• No reasons were given in the press release; local reporting cites speculation about internal strains after a generational leadership change and dissatisfaction with state‑level CSU positions.