Andreas Scheuer (CSU) will not run for the Bundestag again. As transport minister, his name is inextricably linked to the car toll debacle.

“That fills me with joy and pride,” said the CSU politician. He looks to the future “with incredible joy,’ he told the PNP. The decision not to run again was a long time coming, said Scheuer, but he did not want to comment on more specific plans.