Overview
- Bavaria’s Landtag president declined to commit to a run for federal president in 2027, saying it remains premature to talk about the office.
- She urged the CDU/CSU to wait for clearer Federal Assembly majorities from upcoming state elections before naming any contender.
- Aigner insisted any female nominee must be genuinely competitive rather than a symbolic “Zählkandidatin,” citing Dagmar Schipanski in 1999 and Gesine Schwan in 2004 and 2009 as cautionary examples.
- She welcomed that several qualified women are in the conversation within the Union, with Karin Prien among those mentioned.
- She highlighted a harsher climate in local politics, noting 170 reported threat or insult cases in 2024, forecast AfD gains in municipal councils but not mayoralties in Bavaria, and promoted her cross‑party “Bavaria ruft” initiative to draw more women into municipal office.