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Frankfurt's outgoing Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann wants to "hand over an orderly house"
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Frankfurt's controversial Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD) has defended his plans not to resign from office until the end of January.
"Financial considerations play no part," said Feldmann in Frankfurt am Main.
He wanted to "hand over an orderly house."
The resignation date was also brought into play by the groups.
Feldmann announced his resignation on January 31 on Tuesday.
It has been the subject of much controversy for months.
The starting point was the investigation by the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office into allegations of corruption.
Feldmann's wife, as head of a daycare center run by Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Awo), is said to have received a salary that exceeded the collective agreement "for no objective reason," it was said.
Sexist remarks and pretentiousness at the Euro League final
This was followed by allegations of sexist remarks on a flight to Eintracht Frankfurt's Euro League final and his perceived presumptuous behavior when celebrating the victory of the winning team in the final.
Feldmann apologized for both.
The SPD politician has to answer to the court for corruption allegations from October 18th.
The district court in Frankfurt am Main set six hearing dates until the end of November.
Feldmann emphasized again on Friday that he was "firmly convinced that I am not corrupt".
The coalition partners in Frankfurt's Römer reportedly submitted a motion to vote out the mayor on Wednesday, as planned.
The hurdles for a vote-out procedure, which is to be officially started in a city council meeting on Thursday next week, are high.
In the city council meeting, two-thirds of the members must vote to vote out.
After that, the majority of voters in Frankfurt must vote for the deselection.
For the result to count, at least 30 percent of those entitled to vote must vote.
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