Clear rejection of alternative New Year's Eve celebrations in the old town. Council member Ullrich Klinkicht requested this.

But his colleagues were anything but amused by the move. “It's all too much subjunctive, too much 'you could and should', said Horst Martin (SPD). Similarly Karl-Heinzhl (Greens): “Great idea – but then I just have to bring something with me to do the whole thing”