Overview
- Delegates in Neumünster backed Daniel Günther with 203 votes to 11, plus one abstention, giving him 94.4 percent as state chairman.
- Günther said he will run as the CDU’s top candidate in the April/May 2027 election and vowed to keep the Landtag extremists-free by blocking an AfD re-entry.
- The conference approved a motion to expand domestic drone-defense powers, calling to amend Article 35 of the Basic Law so the Bundeswehr can act inside Germany alongside federal and state police.
- The CDU proposal also seeks a federal drone-defense center in Schleswig-Holstein and equal legal authorities across Bundespolizei, Landespolizei and the Bundeswehr.
- Günther touted his black–green government’s unity and urged more team spirit from the federal coalition, while the party confirmed Lukas Kilian as secretary-general and re-elected vice chairs Karin Prien, Petra Nicolaisen, Tobias von der Heide and Felix Siegmon.