Boris Palmer keeps making headlines. But after many controversial statements, the Green is considered to have no chance in the state elections in Baden-Württemberg in 2021.
- Mayor of Tübingen Boris Palmer always falls to controversial statements Integration and Refugees on.
- Within the Greens are the opinions about Palmer split.
- His role is still in the State election in Baden-Württemberg 2021 not clarified.
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Tübingen – Hardly anyone has worked at the Greens probably provided as much to talk about as Boris Palmer. The incumbent mayor of the university town Tübingen could not only enjoy great popularity among voters for a long time, many even trusted him to succeed the incumbent Green Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann to stand and be among the candidates in the state elections in Baden-Württemberg.
But due to controversial statements on the subject Integration and Refugees as well as recent comments on Corona-Pandemie it applies within the Greens meanwhile as largely without a chance. What is his role in the State election in Baden-Württemberg 2021 will take is currently unclear. Palmer himself recently affirmed that he wanted to support his party in the election campaign.
State election 2021 in Baden-Württemberg: Boris Palmer (Greens) is the son of a national celebrity
Boris Erasmus Palmer was born on May 28, 1972 and grew up in the small town of Geradstetten in the municipality of Remshalden Stuttgart on. He is a son of in Baden-Wuerttemberg not entirely unknown fruit growers Helmut Palmer. This gained some national fame, especially because he ran as a non-party candidate in no fewer than 289 mayoral elections in the state.
Since he was unsuccessful in each of these attempts, got Helmut Palmer the nickname over time „Remstal-Rebell“ awarded. Already accompanied as a child Palmer his father often in his campaign appearances.
Boris Palmer and the 2021 state elections in Baden-Württemberg: a long history
The student Boris Palmer was considered highly talented and passed his Abitur in summer 1992 with an overall grade of 1.0. In the period from 1993 to 2000 he completed a Teacher training of history and mathematics at the Eberhard-Karls-University in Tübingen and Sydney. After completing his first state examination, Palmer began working as a research assistant for the Parliamentary group of Alliance 90 / The Greens to work.
During his marriage to the green Bundestag and MEPs Franziska Brantner war Palmer one of the first Lord Mayor Germany, two months after the birth of their daughter Parental allowance and left his office for this time. Meanwhile is Palmer Father of two sons and a daughter who he shares with his life partner Magdalena Ruoffner großzieht.
| Name: Boris Erasmus Palmer | Party: Alliance 90 / The Greens |
| Born: May 28, 1972 | Education: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
| Age: 48 years | Parents: Helmut Palmer, Erika Palmer |
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In 2001 Boris Palmer entered the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg
Already in his student days Palmer politically active. So he developed as a speaker for environment and traffic of the General Student Committee (AStA) at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen a concept for the introduction of night buses in Tübingen and contributed to the introduction of the semester ticket. In 1996 he became a member of Alliance 90 / The Greens and was a member of the board of directors between 1997 and 2000 Tübingen District association.
First took off Palmer in 2001 in the state parliament of Baden-Wuerttemberg one where he’s called environment- and transport policy Speaker of his group on the critics of the controversial transport and urban development project „Stuttgart 21“ belonged and through his decisive demeanor to those responsible for the German train towards nationwide fame. In the state elections in 2006, Palmer achieved a share of the vote of over 22 percent in his constituency and helped ensure that the Greens for the first time before the SPD second strongest party in Baden-Wuerttemberg were. With his choice for Lord Mayor of Tübingen he resigned his state parliament mandate on May 25, 2007.
Accusation of racism: Boris Palmer (Greens) on integration and refugees
Already in the fall of 2004 Palmer when Green candidate for the office of Lord Mayor of Stuttgart applied, but was defeated in a first ballot by the applicants from the CDU and SPD and then withdrew his candidacy. Only two years later, on October 22, 2006, was Palmer finally with an absolute majority for the first Green Lord Mayor the university city Tübingen elected. He has held this post since taking office on January 11, 2007.
Is in his party Palmer to be assigned to the realpolitischen wing. His original focus was on the areas Environment and Transport Policy, but in the past he has also often commented on federal political issues. This earned him severe criticism time and again. Especially with regard to the issues Integration and Refugee Policy became one for him from many sides racist mindset also accused of being members of the party Greens did not shy away from clear convictions Palmers.
The defiant Green Boris Palmer in the summer of migration: “We can’t do it”
So continued Palmer the statement of the Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) already in the summer of migration 2015 a defiant “We can’t do it” counter. After in 2017 Tübingen a man was arrested by the police on suspicion of having raped and assaulted several women, he wanted all of the male residents of one Refugee accommodation to DNA Probe to force.
On Facebook, where over 50,000 people follow him, he published photos of alleged asylum seekers that he accused without a valid ticket in the same year Local transport to have been on the way. The topics Migration and traffic he linked again in 2019 when he received clear criticism of an advertisement by German train expressed because he feels that this is too many people with Migration background showed.
Mr. Palmer, you want to divide & exclude people. Not with me. I am the son of a Finn and a German. Race diversity is in my genes. I am proud to be part of this campaign & thank DB for implementing it in this way. #noracism #the train #proud https://t.co/FxgJYUsJBM
– Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) April 23, 2019
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Boris Palmer and Corona: Criticism before the state election in Baden-Württemberg in 2021 also from the Greens
At the beginning of Corona-Pandemie in spring 2020 Palmer with a statement on how to deal with Corona-Patient: within for a sensation. On Sat.1 breakfast television he said Mayor of Tübingen: “I’ll tell you very brutally: We may be saving people in Germany who would be dead in six months anyway – because of their age and previous illnesses.”
As with his previous controversial statements, this was followed by demands from Greensto expel him from the party. During him the chairman of the national association Baden-Wuerttemberg suggested the exit and the Tübingen city association of the party already announced that Palmer According to her will, no longer in 2022 Green candidate should be in the mayor election, suggested the green Prime Minister Kretschmann milder tones. As part of the federal party conference of Greens He stressed in November 2020 that he still considered Palmer suitable for higher political offices. (Joel Schmidt)
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