Pforzheim in the crisis: Smart City Project takes a fall!

Pforzheim in the crisis: Smart City Project takes a fall!

Pforzheim, Deutschland - in Pforzheim, the political situation is coming up after the local council surprisingly rejected the planned urban innovation center on Tuesday. The proposal provided for the implementation of new smart city solutions, which included innovative approaches to cooperation with urban actors to develop sustainable concepts. As swr.de Monika Descharmes from the FDP, which has been a member of the local council for almost two decades, expressed concerns about the difficulties of finding political majorities. The fragmented political landscape will be a major challenge for the new municipal council and mayor Boch, since the discussions between different interests will become even more complex in the future.

Descharm speaks of a "huge challenge" and emphasizes the importance of a continuous dialogue between the political groups in order not to have the political fronts hardened. The focus must be on the actual needs of the city instead of the selfish interests of individual politicians. With the AfD at the top, new coalitions have to be formed in order to maintain a capability of the council.