Reactions in constituency 48
From the BZ editorial team
Sun, March 14, 2021 at 10:17 pm
District of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
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Did the candidates in constituency 48 Breisgau expect this outcome of the state elections? Are you disappointed or relieved? The BZ asked on the evening of the election.
Grne
Reinhold Pix experienced his election victory in a rehabilitation clinic in Badenweiler. In the final spurt of the election campaign, he had to undergo hip surgery. “That was unexpected, I thought I had a little more time with it. But everything went well,” said Pix. In the rehabilitation clinic, he is not allowed to have a visit to his room in the evening due to the corona regulations, but he was present at the district association’s digital election party the whole evening. There he accepted the congratulations and rebuked many a party member while enjoying Gewrztraminer. For him it is by no means clear whether the CDU will continue or whether the FDP will still make concessions on climate protection. A move into the opposition was not ruled out for Pix on election evening, although very unlikely. In any case, Pix is confident that he will be fit again soon. “I am in good spirits that I can be part of the coalition negotiations in Stuttgart,” said the 65-year-old Ihringer.
CDU
Patrick Rapp had already announced in advance that he would not be able to comment on the result on election evening. He was invited to a private family celebration on Sunday evening and wanted to concentrate fully on this celebration, he told the BZ.
SPD
Birte Knnecke makes no secret of the fact that she had hoped for a better result for the SPD and for herself. “Okay, the minimum target has been achieved. We stayed in double digits and are ahead of the AfD, but I can’t be satisfied with that.” Knnecke is particularly disappointed about the fact that “five years of intensive political work” in Breisgau was apparently not properly perceived by the voters. What Birte Knnecke also sees critically is the possibly even lower representation of the region in the state parliament. In the penultimate election there were three members of the state parliament who represented constituency 48 in Stuttgart, since 2016 there have been only two. Possibly, that was not quite clear at the time of going to press, Breisgau could now be left with only one MP. “Of course, that is not good for the attention of the Stuttgart region,” says Knnecke. For her own partisan work – Knnecke is also active in the district council and as SPD mayor – she sees “the peak” with this state election. She certainly won’t throw everything down now, but in perspective it is now time to prepare the next generation.
FDP
Helge Kaltenbach says: “We can be very satisfied with the results of the party. We have a significant increase compared to the last election and I believe that this is a hint from the fence post that we are now more managerial and entrepreneurial in the times of the Corona Need politics. For me it is most likely that I will try to uphold the liberal scepter at my regional level and try to stand for a sensible and objective policy that looks ahead. According to the current state of affairs, one would be very lucky to get one in South Baden, but it was still too early to really say anything about it. Kaltenbach can imagine a traffic light coalition, and that is also within the realm of the possible and the probable, he says. “A traffic light would offer the opportunity to set impulses. It would be a challenge, but very exciting.” In order to really enrich politics, one must think more colorfully and get away from two-party coalitions.
AfD
Candidate Martina Bswald says that she expected the losses for the AfD. “The bonus of the first election to the state parliament in Stuttgart has evaporated, and the inclusion in the constitution protection report and our own scandals at the AfD have certainly not left us without a trace,” says the lawyer. The fact that the Greens have expanded their lead is something they can understand against the background of worries about the future. “One likes to focus on the climate.” The AfD chairwoman in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district initially sees no consequences for district politics due to the moderate performance of her party at the state level. “If we do proper work, we will be heard here,” says Martina Bswald. No mistakes in the national election campaign are able to discover.
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Rolf Seifert followed the projections of the Baden-Wrttemberg state elections at an online election party with around 20 party friends who encouraged each other. The 67-year-old is disappointed that, contrary to what he expected, it was not enough to enter the state parliament. In his opinion, the corona pandemic also played its part: “We are a small party and need presidential election campaigns to make us noticeable,” he says. This fell flat. Nevertheless, he is happy about the great result in his constituency. “We have gained around 44 percent in Breisgau,” says Seifert, which is why he is satisfied with the election campaign and the result on site.
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