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CSU-Landesgruppe concludes summer retreat at Banz Abbey in Bavaria
The 44 members of the CSU-Landesgruppe — the group of Christian Social Union (CSU) lawmakers from Bavaria in the German Bundestag, forming with the CDU a joint CDU/CSU parliamentary group with conservative orientation — concluded their two-day summer retreat on July 28, 2026, according to Die Zeit. The gathering was held at Banz Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery located on a hilltop near Bad Staffelstein, north of Bamberg, in the Upper Main Valley in Bavaria. Among the invited guests were Anita Orbán, Hungary's Foreign Minister, and Bonita Grupp, head of textile group Trigema. According to Die Zeit, the retreat was overshadowed by recent personnel issues within the Union (CDU/CSU).