The state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia interrupts the summer break.
Armin Laschet is threatened with a difficult course.
It's about the flood disaster - and the opposition is making allegations.
Düsseldorf - In the middle of the election campaign, Armin Laschet * was confronted again with serious allegations on Monday: Less than a month after the devastating flood disaster, the NRW state parliament is debating possible failures by Laschet's government in crisis management.
The SPD parliamentary group in Düsseldorf apparently wants to go tough with the CDU boss and candidate for chancellor *.
Laschet in the criticism: NRW state parliament is working on the flood disaster - SPD raises allegations
In an internal paper,
quoted
by the
Rheinische Post
, the SPD state parliament members criticize the fact that the state government did not convene a crisis team, although a decree would have made this mandatory in view of the extreme weather warnings.
The failure may have meant that the reports from the EU's flood warning system * reached the state government too late, according to the SPD paper.
The government also failed to take its own measures to warn the population more effectively, for example by issuing a warning to the broadcasters.
Flood disaster in NRW: mistake in Laschet's government?
Home Office defends action
The CDU-led Interior Ministry rejected the allegations, according to the report.
The coordination group, which the ministry had convened instead of a crisis team, made all the necessary decisions.
The warnings of the German Weather Service were sent to the broadcasters as well as to the cities and districts.
Warnings to the population must contain specific instructions - this can only be done by local actors.
A report by the Laschet state government on the situation in the flood areas is also planned for the meeting.
According to its paper, the SPD parliamentary group wants to push for a complete reconstruction of the processes during the disaster in order to clarify political responsibilities.
Laschet in the special session of the state parliament: A minute of silence is also planned
At the beginning, the parliamentarians want to remember the victims with a minute's silence.
During the heavy flooding in North Rhine-Westphalia and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate, more than 180 people died in mid-July and entire villages were devastated.
Before that (11.00 a.m.), the State Parliament's Environment Committee will meet for a special session on the consequences of the flood, also in Düsseldorf.
The committee also wants to discuss the explosion in the Leverkusen chemical park, in which several people died about a week and a half ago.
(
AFP / fn
) *
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