Election campaign in Berlin: Voluntary fight against winter cold and violence

Election campaign in Berlin: Voluntary fight against winter cold and violence

The election campaign for the Bundestag election has started in Berlin and the signs are anything but rosy. Despite cool weather, the political actors try to bring their messages to the people. Mario Rhode, the state chairman of the Free Voters Berlin, notes that the cold could make the mood and the persuasion of the persuasion considerably more difficult. "There is not much time to convince people until February 23," he says. The free voters strive to increase their number of votes through the expansion of the tax -free allowance and a limitation of migration. In addition, the collection of 2,000 signatures by January 20 is a major challenge for the small parties, such as rbb24.de.

The upcoming election campaign is also not an easy matter for the established parties. Jan-Marco Luczak from the Berlin CDU emphasizes that the temporal pressure and the winter conditions heavily put a great impact on the work of the volunteers. From the night from Saturday to Sunday, the election campaign is officially heralded by attaching election posters. The parties have to compete for the best places on the lantern masts. The CDU is planning with around 40,000 posters, followed by the left with 24,000, the Greens with 20,000 and other parties, which will hang up a total of over 100,000 posters to remain visible.

The shadows of New Year's Eve

does these challenges also remember the memory of the shocking events of New Year's Eve? In an open letter to the politicians, Mario Rhode appeals to take the acts of violence seriously and take measures so as not to repeat such incidents. The brutal attacks during the celebrations led to numerous injuries and deep dismay among the emergency services. "The New Year's Eve terror has reached a new dimension," says the open letter from the Free Voters Berlin. Politically managers are asked to support the police more in order to prevent such riots in the future. These claims must not be under ideological disputes, as Freiewaehler.Berlin emphasized.

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