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Trouble at the Römer: Frankfurt's Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD)
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The Frankfurt city parliament has expressed no confidence in Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD), who is suspected of corruption.
A large majority of city councilors voted to begin a vote-out process in mid-July.
The coalition of the Greens, Volt, FDP and SPD had previously asked the mayor to resign immediately.
However, the 63-year-old did not respond to this.
The city councilors would have to initiate a vote-out procedure with a two-thirds majority, after the vote this would be achieved.
The CDU and AfD, among others, joined the coalition’s application.
City councilors plan to initiate the process at their next meeting on July 14.
The citizens would then be questioned.
30 percent of those entitled to vote would have to agree.
Feldmann had already declared on Wednesday that he would face it.
Feldmann is facing a court case on suspicion of corruption.
In the 2018 election campaign, the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Awo) is said to have supported him by raising donations.
In return, according to the prosecutor's indictment, he wanted to "benevolently consider" the interests of the social association.
The mayor has so far denied the allegations.
In addition, Feldmann has come under pressure in recent weeks because of sexist statements on a flight to the Europa League final from Eintracht Frankfurt to Seville.
There was also criticism of his behavior, which he rated as complacent, when he received the Frankfurt team after their success.
support from the left
Feldmann deeply shamed the entire city, said Greens parliamentary group leader Dimitrios Bakakis.
The CDU city councilor Yannick Schwander accused the mayor of clinging to his office.
The resignation demands from the SPD, which the opposition felt to be late, also caused criticism.
The FDP was convinced that Feldmann would be voted out.
Feldmann received support from the left.
"Nothing has been proven yet," said parliamentary group leader Dominike Pauli.
In April 2022, Feldmann declared that he did not want to run again in the upcoming 2024 election.
The SPD man has held his office since 2012.
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