Politics
Neu-Ulm is currently controlled by the Christian Social Union (CSU). On 11 January 2004, the acting deputy mayor Gerold Noerenberg was elected mayor. He succeeded Dr Beate Merk, who had been appointed as Bavarian law minister by Edmund Stoiber on 14 October 2003.
The town council is arranged into four parliamentary groups with six different parties and citizens' initiatives (the number of seats are shown in brackets):
- Christian Social Union (CSU) (22)
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) (14)
- Green Party (3)
- Free Democratic Party (FDP) (2)
- Free Voters' Union (FWG) (2)
- Pro Neu-Ulm (1)
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