Two men from the Green Youth are said to have tried on Sunday evening to force Tübingen Mayor Boris Palmer out of the Green Party’s election party for the state elections in Baden-Württemberg.
Palmer reports this to the “Mirror” on Monday. As soon as he entered the foyer, he was shouted at by two young men. “I was told that I was harming Cem and that I should leave again,” Palmer told the magazine. Palmer, who was thrown out of the Alliance 90/The Greens party because of some scandals, is seen as a red flag by many, especially left-wing party supporters. Top candidate However, Cem Özdemir had integrated Palmer into the election campaign and let him marry him and his wife. The mayor of the municipality of Ostelsheim, Ryyan Alshebl, confirmed the incident to “Spiegel”. The regional association of the Green Youth did not want to comment on the incident.
Green youth want to force Palmer out of Özdemir’s election party
According to the “Handelsblatt”, the Green Youth had State elections in Baden-Württemberg Demands made to Özdemir. “Election victories are worth nothing if they do not ensure that the people have a state government that makes clearly recognizable social policies,” the paper quoted on Monday from a six-point paper by the Greens’ youth organization.
Specifically, the Green Youth is demanding that Palmer not be allowed to hold a position in a new state government. “Former Green Party member Boris Palmer’s attitudes and repeated racist statements are incompatible with our party’s core values,” the paper says, according to the report.
Federal chairman criticizes Tübingen mayor
Already on Sunday evening, directly after Announcement of the election results A statement by the co-chair of the Green Youth, Luis Bogba, caused a stir. Özdemir cannot govern alone, but must do so as part of the green party. “This also means that Boris Palmer, as his better friend and best man, is not allowed to play a role in the formation of the government,” said Bobga.
Cem Özdemir is considered a representative of the pragmatic Realo wing and has repeatedly had conflicts with his own party, most recently over the issue of migration or how to deal with the end of the combustion engine. On the evening of the election, he said on ARD: “If I lead this country, I will run it in the middle and not according to the party book.” Bobga said he was left with a “question mark as to whether this is still green politics in the end.”





