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Before the state elections in Baden-Württemberg: TV duel between Kretschmann and Eisenmann

2021-03-01T15:55:43.224Z


TV duels are a direct exchange of blows before elections. On Monday evening, Kretschmann (Greens) and Eisenmann (CDU) compete against each other for Baden-Württemberg.


TV duels are a direct exchange of blows before elections.

On Monday evening, Kretschmann (Greens) and Eisenmann (CDU) compete against each other for Baden-Württemberg.

  • On Monday evening from 8.15 p.m. Winfried Kretschmann * and Susanne Eisenmann * want to convince the voters in the SWR TV duel.

  • The top candidates from the Greens and CDU in Baden-Württemberg work closely together in the government - but are now facing each other in the election campaign.

  • This news ticker for the TV duel before the state elections in Baden-Württemberg * is updated regularly.

Stuttgart - The first state elections this year are pending - and with them TV duels between the top candidates of the major parties.

On Monday evening, the incumbent Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) * and his challenger Susanne Eisenmann (CDU) * will meet in the SWR for the election in Baden-Württemberg on March 14th.

State election in Baden-Württemberg: TV duel between Kretschmann and Eisenmann

According to the SWR announcement, the topics will be education, corona measures or transport policy.

The two have been working together for years, because Eisenmann is Minister of Culture in Kretschmann's cabinet.

During the corona pandemic, Eisenmann repeatedly came across with demands for schools to be opened, sometimes clashing with her boss.

The challenger is currently under pressure, as the polls so far predict a victory for the Greens.

Kretschmann relies on continuity: On election posters he advertises, among other things, with the slogan “You know me.” This sentence is well known by Chancellor Angela Merkel *, who included this legendary saying in her closing remarks in 2013 on TV.

The only green and at the same time conservative Prime Minister in Germany is flirting with the Chancellor he admires and poaching again in the middle shortly before the important state elections at the start of the super election year.

Green seems to be the new black in Baden-Württemberg.

In the ten years in which he ruled first with the SPD * and then with the CDU, Kretschmann made his party into a people's party that could be connected in the middle.

Not everything is going well: The country has slipped in the rankings in terms of education, climate protection can still be improved and the auto industry is in danger of losing touch with Tesla.

TV duel before state elections in Baden-Württemberg: Kretschmann (Greens) against Eisenmann (CDU)

The other day the popular Greens, who have ruled the southwest for ten years, said: "I am the Prime Minister and not the King of Baden-Württemberg." Year-old country father.

The convinced Catholic, father of three and grandfather of two, is like five years ago the guarantee for a strong result.

The teacher is conservative and down to earth, he lives in the Swabian Alb.

His presidential, deliberate style arrives in the middle of the country.



With the slogan “new energy”, however, the CDU top candidate Eisenmann wants to score points against Kretschmann.

She wants to lead the battered Southwest CDU to old strength.

But even most CDU supporters think that the Green should remain Prime Minister.

The 56-year-old Eisenmann often comes across as rough and is relatively unpopular.

This is also due to her position as minister of education in the green-black coalition, with which she has drawn criticism, especially in the corona crisis.

State election in Baden-Württemberg: rules for TV on Monday evening

There are firmly agreed rules for the duel:

  • Speaking time:

    The two candidates should be able to speak equally - clocks measure the proportion of speeches to the second.

  • Lot decision:

    The first question from moderator Fritz Frey will be directed to Susanne Eisenmann.

    Winfried Kretschmann has the final statement.

  • Notes:

    The two candidates have agreed not to take any documents with them into the studio.

    Only blank paper and a pen for notes will be available on the standing desks.

The duel on Monday evening starts at 8.15 p.m.

It should take an hour.

You can follow central developments in this live ticker.

Around 7.7 million people are eligible to vote in the state elections.

In 2016, the voter turnout was 70.4 percent, at that time 22 parties were allowed to vote;

this time it's one less.

The newly elected state parliament will probably meet for the first time in May 2021 for its constituent session.

So far, five parties have been represented in the state parliament.

The Greens and the CDU form the government.

(cibo with material from dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

You can find the Wahl-O-Mat for Baden-Württemberg here at Merkur.de *.

Source: merkur

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