Landrat election 2025: Candidates of the lake plate to the test!

Landrat election 2025: Candidates of the lake plate to the test!

Waren (Müritz), Deutschland - In the district elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, significant decisions are scheduled for May 11, 2025. Important elections take place in several counties, including the Mecklenburg Lake District. In Waren (Müritz), five candidates for the district office have already been interviewed, where they were asked about their favorite place in the district and projects for the special fund for infrastructure. Interestingly, the CDU and AfD candidate agree on their personal favorite places, so reports the Nordkurier .

In addition to the elections in the Mecklenburg Lake District, three other counties are elected. These are Vorpommern-Rügen, Vorpommern-Greifswald and Ludwigslust-Parchim. In each of these constituencies, both incumbents and new challengers apply.

candidates and constituencies

In the district of Vorpommern-Rügen, the independent incumbent Stefan Kerth will again compete. His competitors include:

• carlos slid rodrigues (AfD)
• Heiko Miraß (SPD, native Greifswalder)
• Sebastian Lange (Die Linke, from Stralsund)
• Jens Neumann (single applicant)
• Jörg Herrmann (single applicant)

in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Michael Sack (CDU), who is also an incumbent, stands for election. The other candidates are:

• Erik von Malottki (SPD, former member of the Bundestag, supported by Greens and Left)
• Inken Arndt (AfD, city representative in Ueckermünde)

The Mecklenburg Lake District is looking for a successor for Heiko Kärger (CDU) who is retiring. The applicants in this district are:

• Thomas Müller (CDU, previous deputy)
• Torsten Koplin (Die Linke, member of the state parliament)
• Enrico Schult (AfD, state spokesman)
• Johannes Arlt (SPD, district chairman, still in the Bundestag)
• björn Eckardt (the basis)

In the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, the candidates are:

• Simone Borchardt (CDU, member of the Bundestag)
• Stefan Sternberg (SPD, incumbent)
• Dietmar Friedhoff (AfD)
• Philipp Lübbert (Greens)

The influence of the district administrator

The role of the district administrator is enormous and comprises legally regulated tasks in two main areas: on the one hand, transmitted tasks from the country, such as the accommodation of refugees, and on the other hand, and on the other hand, compulsory and voluntary tasks in the interest of the district, including street entertainment and cultural support. However, the district administrator has only a limited scope for design that depends on the financial possibilities of the district and the approval of the district council members. Current trends show that these financial scope are becoming increasingly scarce. Nevertheless, the ndr despite these challenges (SPD) can set positive accents, for example in the area of ​​youth sports.

According to the information, the district administrator has had a high democratic legitimation since 1990 because it is chosen directly. Nevertheless, it turns out that the current election application is mainly dominated by men; Only two women are running for the district office this year. The intensive workload that this position entails also makes a normal family life difficult.