New allegations towards Kai Wegner relating to the blackout in Berlin | EUROtoday

The dialogue about his conduct throughout the day-long energy outage in Berlin had not too long ago died down, however now the subject is catching up with Berlin’s governing mayor Kai Wegner once more. six months earlier than the election to the House of Representatives, the CDU politician is coming below stress once more. Again it is about his data on January third, the primary day of the day-long blackout within the southwest of Berlin, through which 100,000 individuals have been left with out electrical energy or heating in the midst of winter.

Did Wegner precisely describe his efforts as a disaster supervisor or create a misunderstanding? As the “Tagesspiegel” experiences, data from the Senate Chancellery suggests that there have been at the least no cellphone calls from Wegner to the Chancellery or the Federal Ministry of the Interior within the morning. According to the “Tagesspiegel”, the Senate Chancellery launched the details about the cellphone calls after an pressing software from the newspaper to the Berlin Administrative Court.

In an interview with Welt TV on January seventh, the CDU politician mentioned: “I actually started making the phone calls at 8:08 a.m.” Among different issues, he known as numerous disaster groups. “Above all, I spoke to the federal government, to the Federal Chancellery, to the Federal Minister of the Interior,” mentioned Wegner. “And yes, I played tennis from 1 to 2 p.m. because I wanted to clear my head.”

Did he wish to counsel that he had already known as the Chancellery earlier than the tennis match? Regarding the reporting within the “Tagesspiegel”, he mentioned that the newspaper’s interpretation had no foundation. “I am considering legal action.”

Senate spokeswoman Christine Richter had beforehand introduced that Wegner had not commented on the query of when he had spoken to the above-mentioned authorities on the cellphone to Welt TV. “His statement there about the tennis game between 1 and 2 p.m. was only to be understood as a supplement.”

Even after the newest Senate assembly, the CDU politician didn’t present any particular details about when he had spoken to whom on the cellphone and for the way lengthy. When requested a number of occasions, he defined at a press convention: “Everything has been said about that. I was in contact with various places. And I played tennis for an hour.”

In response to a dpa inquiry, a spokesman for the federal authorities mentioned that it was true that Wegner had a number of conversations with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Chancellery Minister Thorsten Frei (each CDU) on January third. It was about potential help for the state of Berlin from federal authorities to take care of the results of the ability outage in southwest Berlin. The spokesman didn’t present any details about the precise time of the cellphone calls.

Wegner was already closely criticized at the start of January, initially as a result of he didn’t present up on website within the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district on the primary day. When the RBB made it public that Wegner had gone to play tennis on the primary day of the ability outage, however had initially stored it quiet, there was a storm of indignation.

At the start of January, a suspected left-wing extremist arson assault resulted in a widespread energy outage in southwest Berlin, which quickly affected round 100,000 individuals. On the fifth day, the community operator Stromnetz Berlin lastly managed to produce everybody affected with electrical energy once more.