The dispute over Tubingen’s mayor Palmer reminds some Greens of the SPD’s suffering with Thilo Sarrazin. The Greens have now given Palmer a sharp rebuke – and want to act differently than the SPD.
By Eckart Aretz,
Boris Palmer knows how to deal with noisy rioters – if necessary, he invokes his powers as Tubingen’s mayor and records the person’s personal details himself. This is what happened last autumn.
Because of Boris Palmer’s controversial statements about older people in the corona pandemic, state chairmen Sandra Detzer and Oliver Hildenbrand suggested that he quit the party. (Archive image) Photo: dpa / Tom Weller
Prime Minister Kretschmann sticks to Tubingen’s Lord Mayor Boris Palmer – despite his verbal escapades. There is bad air at the Greens in Tubingen, because not everyone is for Palmer as an OB candidate in 2022.
Tubingen / Stuttgart – Baden-Wurttemberg’s Green Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann still considers the mayor of Tubingen, Boris Palmer, who is controversial in his party, suitable for higher political offices. In response to a corresponding question in Stuttgart on Tuesday, Kretschmann said: "Sure, as far as I know, he wants to become mayor of Tubingen again." “I’ve never been unreconciled with him. I often have angry debates with him. ”At the end of last week, Palmer said he was hoping for a“ reconciliation ”with the Greens.