Free Voters is a national umbrella for local voter associations, mainly active in rural southern Germany, focusing on local decisions over party politics.
Hubert Aiwanger has died in his Berlin hotel room after falling ill the night before a planned speech. Berlin prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death; authorities say there is no initial suspicion of crime. Aiwanger led Bavaria's Free Voters and was a key political figure in Germany, with a history including a panned antisemitism controversy in 2023.