Cardinal Müller sees the bishops' conference as a "traffic light election helper" The cardinal has been polarizing for years; he is considered a conservative hardliner and agitator. Müller accused Pope Francis of “only mourning the victims and not naming the perpetrators” in the Ukraine war.

The 76-year-old doesn't want to know anything about being conservative. He is therefore neither right-wing nor left-wing, but “simply Catholic”