(From L) Former Bavarian state minister Edmund Stoiber, Germany's Interior Minister and member of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party Alexander Dobrindt and German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace and CSU member Dorothee Baer attend a congress of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party on December 12, 2025 in Munich, southern Germany. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)