Election in Baden-Württemberg: Green youth assaults Özdemir – “Boris Palmer must not play a role in forming a government” | EUROtoday

While the Greens in Baden-Württemberg are happy with state election outcomes of round 30 p.c, their very own youth group is sharply criticizing Cem Özdemir’s course.

The chief of the Green Youth, Luis Bobga, mentioned in an interview with N-TV: “In the end, more important than a good result for the party is good politics for the people in Baden-Württemberg. And after the last few weeks with Cem Özdemir, I’m not sure whether that automatically means the same thing.”

In view of Özdemir’s statements within the election marketing campaign, he’s left with a “question mark as to whether this will ultimately be green politics”. For instance, the younger technology criticizes the supposed adherence of their high candidate in Baden-Württemberg to the combustion engine and complains that, for instance, he didn’t deal with the excessive housing prices strongly sufficient in the course of the election marketing campaign.

Bobga additionally known as for Tübingen’s mayor Boris Palmer to not play a job in a attainable authorities formation: “This also includes the fact that Boris Palmer, as his best friend and best man, is not allowed to play a role in the formation of a government if the Greens are part of the state government,” he continued to inform N-TV. He additionally known as on the federal get together to oppose Palmer’s ministerial workplace. What is required is “absolute clarity, in contrast to the last few weeks”. When Cem Özdemir lately married his girlfriend Flavia Zaka, it was Boris Palmer who married the couple.

The proven fact that Özdemir can be the primary prime minister with a migration background to manipulate isn’t any comfort for Bobga. “When right-wing extremists sit in parliaments, that is something that concerns me more than Cem Özdemir as the first prime minister with a migration history,” he mentioned. Bobga’s father is from Cameroon.

In the state elections in Baden-Württemberg, the Greens are simply forward of the CDU – after a fast race to catch up within the polls in latest weeks. This emerges from forecasts from ARD and ZDF.

Green Party lead candidate Cem Özdemir may comply with within the footsteps of Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens). For months, the CDU and state chief Manuel Hagel had clearly led in surveys, however in the long run the Greens managed to show issues round.