The Greens in the Chancellery?
No longer unthinkable.
But the party may have made the calculation without its basis.
There is also stress about the "Heinrich Böller Foundation".
Berlin - The
Greens
want to go to the Chancellery in the autumn -
Robert Habeck
and
Annalena Baerbock
never tire of emphasizing that.
The fact that the new ambitions also bring with them new problems, the party has to
find out
once more
in its
poll
: Because some of the Greens do not like the way the chancellor's question about the two party
leaders is handled
.
She wrote an open letter to the party leadership.
Habeck or Baerbock: Green group angry about "personality cult"
The choice of words was quite drastic.
"The cult of personality is not good for us and contradicts our ideals," the dpa news agency quotes from a letter that was apparently not only sent to the
federal board of
the Greens.
"We alliance greens will convince because of our diversity and our outstanding program, that is, through content," the report says in the letter signed by twelve senders.
The demand of the
left wing party
signatories: Before the
federal election in 2021
it should
be called
neither “Habeck” nor “Baerbock” - but “Habeck
and
Baerbock”.
The party should therefore go into the election campaign with a team.
The group quite clearly demanded a say.
If you really want to commit to a candidate for chancellor, then that has to be decided by a
party congress
.
Or the entire party in a
strike vote
.
Greens: Party leadership sniffed because of a letter from the Chancellor - "Right to know who should move into the Chancellery"
Now it smells like a fight for the first time.
Michael Kellner
, Federal Managing Director of the Greens, reacted sniffly in his answer.
He was disconcerted that the senders
would have made
their
letter
public.
“In doing so, you are ignoring the unity that has been praised and contradicting the team spirit.
It doesn't go together. "
For the first time, thanks to “great approval ratings”, you have a chance at the
Chancellery
: “This year, voters can make the improbable possible.
I am deeply convinced that in this case you have a right to know who should move into the Chancellery. ”The Greens want to commit to a
candidate for Chancellor
in April or May
.
The CDU still has to decide the K question for itself - the SPD has already committed itself to Olaf Scholz.
Greens face a difficult balancing act: competition scoffs - malice also for "Heinrich Böller Foundation"
There was malice from the competition.
The
FDP MP Konstantin Kuhle
was happy on Twitter with the words "Finally dispute".
The Greens parliamentary group member
Sven-Christian Kindler
tried, however, to smooth things over.
“Storm in a glass of water.
This is my first time hearing this.
In the Bundestag parliamentary group, the schedule of the federal executive committee for the candidacy for chancellor is expressly supported by all members of the Bundestag, including the left, ”he tweeted.
But even if the high-ranking mandate holders of the party agree: For the
Greens,
which once emerged from a
grassroots movement
, a possible conflict with the
grassroots
would be particularly sensitive.
There was bitter resentment among parts of the environmental movement in summer about the role of the Greens in the construction of the A49 in the Dannenröder Forest.
There were also irritations elsewhere in mid-January: The chairwoman of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, which is close to the Green Party, Ellen Ueberschär, has
spoken
out in a paper for the procurement of
Bundeswehr
aircraft
suitable
for
dropping atomic bombs
.
Party satirist
Martin Sonneborn
then happily changed the name to “Heinrich Böller Foundation”.
It is not clear to what extent this position worries the party leadership around Habeck and Baerbock.
Baerbock had recently spoken out in favor of larger armaments spending.
The balancing act between the ability to govern and traditional values remains difficult for the Greens.
(
fn / dpa
)