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Boris Palmer before the end? Competitors want to end the political career of "Rambo".

2022-10-20T11:00:27.494Z


Boris Palmer before the end? Competitors want to end the political career of "Rambo". Created: 2022-10-20 12:54 p.m By: Niklas Noack Is it the end of politician Boris Palmer? The Mayor of Tübingen makes his future dependent on re-election. Ulrike Baumgärtner (Greens) and Sofie Geisel (SPD, FDP supports) are his strong competitors. Tübingen – order is important to Boris Palmer. That's why it an


Boris Palmer before the end?

Competitors want to end the political career of "Rambo".

Created: 2022-10-20 12:54 p.m

By: Niklas Noack

Is it the end of politician Boris Palmer?

The Mayor of Tübingen makes his future dependent on re-election.

Ulrike Baumgärtner (Greens) and Sofie Geisel (SPD, FDP supports) are his strong competitors.

Tübingen – order is important to Boris Palmer.

That's why it annoys him to the core when someone doesn't stick to his idea of ​​living together.

Like a cyclist who is said to have almost touched Palmer in downtown Ulm.

In the eyes of the politician, it was an impertinence that he let out on Facebook.

Tübingen's mayor mentioned that the cyclist was black.

A Facebook user then wanted to know what role skin color played.

Palmer replied, "Because the guy was circling people shirtless, headphones and an incredible audacity.

That is not appropriate for anyone and three times not for an asylum seeker.”

OB election Tübingen: Boris Palmer wants to secure his third term as mayor

Drawing the conclusion that it is a refugee based on the color of his skin is just one of many racist statements made by Mayor Palmer of Tübingen, who wants to secure his third term in office on Sunday (October 23).

It is his first election as an independent candidate because his Bündnis 90/Die Grünen party no longer wants to have anything to do with him.

The started a party exclusion process after Palmer had caused the camel to overflow with another Facebook post: In a post about the former German national soccer player Dennis Aogo, the mayor used the N-word.

Still, the 50-year-old wasn't ruled out.

Instead, it was agreed that Palmer would suspend his membership in the Greens until 2023 and stand as an independent candidate in the elections in Tübingen.

Ulrike Baumgärtner (Greens, left), Sofie Geisel (SPD, middle) and Boris Palmer differentiate themselves from each other at a panel discussion in Tübingen.

© Ulmer/IMAGO

Ulrike Baumgärtner and Sofie Geisel hardly differ thematically from Boris Palmer

Because the polarizing Palmer likes to make headlines, Tübingen will be in the national spotlight when the 69,000 eligible voters decide on their mayor for the next eight years on Sunday (October 23).

And it's an election that's less about politics.

Because in terms of program, the competitors Ulrike Baumgärtner (Greens) and Sofie Geisel (SPD, FDP supported) hardly differ from the independent candidate.

All three focus on climate protection and affordable housing.

Nevertheless, the advantage here should lie with Palmer, who enjoys an excellent reputation in the implementation of these topics.

For example, he promoted a climate protection program that enabled Tübingen to generate three quarters of the energy required for this winter itself.

Ulrike Baumgärtner: "Less Rambo, more us"

However, it is questionable to what extent such political successes play any role at all.

Because the Tübingen election campaign can be sharpened to one question: "Are you for or against Palmer?" The Greens challenger Baumgärtner has recognized this and distances herself from the mayor, who has toured Germany's talk shows with provocative statements in recent years .

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"Less Rambo, more us" reads on her election poster and - in contrast to Palmer - Baumgärtner stands for political correctness and gender asterisks.

That's why she's particularly popular with the Green Youth and could be Palmer's biggest challenger, also because she's well-known throughout the city.

Baumgärtner is the mayor of the Weilheim district of Tübingen.

Sofie Geisel: "His alpha animal behavior annoys me"

The SPD candidate Geisel is also presenting herself as Palmer's opponent.

"I'm a counter-offer to the incumbent," she told

Der Spiegel

and made it clear: "His alpha animal behavior annoys me." Geisel is managing director at DIHK Service GmbH and grew up in a social-democratic family: her father was a member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg and her brother mayor of Düsseldorf.

She joined the party at the age of 16.

In Tübingen, she wants to build more apartments and ensure accessibility.

In the event of a defeat, Boris Palmer has announced his end as a professional politician

Can Geisel and Baumgärtner compete with Palmer?

The two women certainly have a chance, but mainly because the independent candidate has made enemies not only nationwide but also in Tübingen.

He definitely doesn't want to lose face in front of them.

Because in addition to his penchant for posing as a law enforcement officer, Palmer's image is particularly important.

Boris Palmer wants to end his career as a politician if he is not re-elected as mayor in Tübingen.

© Ulmer/IMAGO

His planned departure fits in with this: If he should lose the election, Palmer at least wants to resign with his head held high.

This means that if he does not achieve a 50 percent majority in the first round of voting, he will not even stand in the second round and, with a lot of fanfare, will end his entire career as a professional politician.

Source: merkur

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