A green speedster?
And then ministers?
After Baden-Württemberg's Minister of the Environment, Franz Untersteller, drastically exceeded the pace, critics are calling for consequences.
The Baden-Württemberg Minister of the Environment,
Franz Untersteller
, was caught at excessive speed.
The Green politician has been calling for a general
speed limit
for years
.
Critics are now calling for the
63-year-old to
resign
.
Stuttgart - Baden-Württemberg's Minister for the Environment,
Franz Untersteller,
has maneuvered himself into an uncomfortable position as a clear speed sinner.
The Green * politician and advocate of a general
speed limit
of 130 kilometers per hour was
caught by the police
at the end of November on
Autobahn 8
at far too high a speed.
The green one was
traveling
at
177 km / h
.
On the section of the motorway between
Stuttgart
and
Karlsruhe
, where he was stopped by the police, only speed 120 was allowed.
The ministry confirmed the incident
reported by
Bild
.
The minister stressed on Wednesday: "I'm sorry."
The head of the
FDP
parliamentary group,
Hans-Ulrich Rülke
, suggested Untersteller to resign.
The
Junge Union also
considers it unsustainable.
"An environment minister who demands a general speed limit and is so much too fast himself has gambled away all credibility and should resign," said the head of the CDU * youth organization,
Philipp Bürkle
.
"Preaching water and drinking wine - that's pure green double standards."
Green minister caught speeding: politician wanted to visit his son
Untersteller
rejected the demands and said to the address of the FDP: "I think that Mr. Rülke should better consider the offenses for which he is making this demand." would do, maybe that would be the case.
But I don't do that. "
But that was really quick from Green Environment Minister Franz #Untersteller.
177 km / h with deduction tolerance in the 120 zone.
In the past, Green Transport Minister @WinneHermann has always called for immediate resignation from other politicians who are "raging".
Now?
https://t.co/F2WS1ZLpaB
- Christian Jung (@ c_jung77) December 9, 2020
The Green politician wanted to visit his son, who
lives
with two children in
Frankfurt
.
The minister explained: "I was on my way to see my family and was in a hurry, I ignored the speed limit and the road conditions made it possible to drive quickly."
Environment Minister Untersteller caught speeding: driving ban, fine and points in Flensburg
But that is no justification.
"I drove inadmissibly far too fast, that shouldn't happen to me."
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The consequences would be a lesson to him.
He was
banned from driving for
four weeks
, two points in Flensburg and had to
pay
a
fine
of 240 euros.
Untersteller promised: "I will certainly be more
careful in the
future when I am
behind
the wheel." (
Dpa / fmü
)
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