Overview
- Franz Schmid told reporters he was elected the first Bavarian chair after delegates adopted the youth statute, saying he ran unopposed.
- Local coverage later reported a tally of 77 votes in favor, 14 against and three abstentions for Schmid’s election.
- Roughly 250 people protested outside the venue, police monitored the scene, and journalists were barred from the meeting on grounds of limited space.
- CSU general secretary Martin Huber denounced the launch, branding the group “Generation Braunschnabel” and accusing it of being backward-looking.
- Schmid remains under observation by the Bavarian domestic intelligence agency, and the Augsburger Allgemeine reported that an Identitarian Movement spokesman attended the founding.