Overview
- The chamber states it now plans the main hearing for spring 2026, with exact dates still to be set.
- Autumn 2025 dates will likely not hold because urgent detention cases must be heard first, according to a court spokeswoman.
- The case is a partial retrial of the 2018/19 Regensburg party-donations proceedings linked to Wolbergs’ 2014 local campaign.
- In 2021 the Federal Court of Justice partially overturned the earlier verdict as too lenient and reassigned the matter to a commercial criminal chamber in Munich.
- Wolbergs and defense attorney Peter Witting denounce the renewed delay as unacceptable, noting he remains politically active with Brücke for 2026 but says he cannot run for mayor due to his conviction.