Parties – Munich – Former CSU member of the Bundestag Josef Göppel died – Bavaria
Parties – Munich:Former CSU member of the Bundestag Josef Göppel died
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Munich (dpa / lby) – The former CSU member of the Bundestag Josef Göppel is dead. This was announced by his party on Wednesday. The graduate forest engineer was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2017, before that he was a member of the Bavarian state parliament and was active as a local politician. He was born near Ansbach in 1950 and is 71 years old. Göppelstern on Wednesday.
CSU leader Markus Söder said: “Josef Göppel was the environmental face of the CSU.” “We mourn with his family and wish them strength.”
In 2018, the politician received the nature conservation award from BUND Naturschutz Bayern. The reason given at the time was that he had always remained true to his politics and had campaigned, among other things, for a speed limit on motorways, against glyphosate and against a third runway at Munich Airport.
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