Özdemir elected to the highest candidate of the Southwest Green | EUROtoday

Former Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir, as the highest candidate of the Baden-Württemberg Greens, moved to the 2026 state election. 194 delegates voted for him, three towards him, three abstained.

Özdemir is alleged to safe energy to the Greens after 15 years of workplace of Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann and develop into the second inexperienced prime minister within the historical past of the Federal Republic. In the race for the successor of Kretschmann, who now not competes after three phrases, Özdemir meets CDU celebration and group chief Manuel Hagel. The 37-year-old was elected high candidate by his celebration final weekend.

CDU is forward in surveys, however Özdemir is fashionable

The start line for Özdemir and the Greens might be higher. The celebration has been considerably behind the CDU within the surveys for a lot of months. In the latest survey by SWR and “Stuttgarter Zeitung”, the eco -party landed at 22 p.c, the CDU got here to 31 p.c, the AfD acquired 19 p.c.

However, Özdemir’s private survey values ​​are higher. If folks within the nation might vote on to the pinnacle of presidency, the Greens would clearly win: According to a present SWR survey, 39 p.c of the Özdemir surveyed want to be prime minister. At 18 p.c, his CDU competitor Hail didn’t even need half as many interviewed.

He didn’t wish to compete inherit or the inheritor to the throne, stated Özdemir in his software speech. “I want to open a new chapter for Baden-Württemberg.” In the election marketing campaign, he additionally needed to point out clear edge within the election marketing campaign. “In the election campaign, I will not help to divide our homeland apart, to raise people against each other,” stated Özdemir.

Kretschmann: Özdemir is from prime minister-wood

Prime Minister Kretschmann had beforehand praised his potential successor in his speech as down -to -earth, pragmatic, near house – and on the identical time praised cosmopolitan. Özdemir was carved by and thru from prime minister wooden, stated Kretschmann. The nation wants a pacesetter that may lead from day one.

In addition to the election of Özdemir, the preparation of a state record for the state election is on this system on the celebration congress in Heidenheim. This is a novelty, as a result of within the election, a brand new proper to vote applies for the primary time, which, along with the primary vote for the constituency candidate, additionally gives for a second vote for the state record of a celebration.

On the record, nevertheless, Özdemir will not be forward due to a particular regulation of the Greens, in entrance of him needs to be in 1st place of the Environment Minister Thekla Walker. Özdemir is then solely deliberate in second place. The purpose for that is the celebration’s so -called girls’s statute. This stipulates that electoral lists need to be occupied with girls no less than half – and that girls are reserved for the odd locations. Men can due to this fact run in second place on the record on the earliest.