Stuttgart in turmoil: AfD candidate ensures conflicts on supervisory boards

Stuttgart in turmoil: AfD candidate ensures conflicts on supervisory boards

In the state capital Stuttgart, there is a controversial decision that affects the occupation of the supervisory boards of Stuttgart Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) and Hafen GmbH. Here, the AfD and its city councilor Thomas Rosspacher sent a candidate into the race that ensures various headlines and debates.

Usually such casts are a routine matter, regulated and mutually agreed, but this time the situation is tense. Christoph Ozasek, a member of the climate list, has decided to run for the SSB supervisory board instead of Rosspacher. At the same time, Ina Schumann from “Die Party” proposes an alternative for the port supervisory board. Ozasek describes Rospacher as "unalterable", which indicates a deeper conflict situation that results from Rosspacher's controversial political appearance.

controversal poster and its consequences

The background for these resistors are not insignificant. Rospacher had advertised with a poster that wore the words "Fast Remigration creates living space", which caused violent discussions in public. The accusation of incitement was loud when the Stuttgart City Councilor Luigi Pantisano turned on the public prosecutor. However, this found that the poster falls under the principle of freedom of expression and hired the investigation.

This situation outlines the deep ditch that prevails between the political camps. The CDU parliamentary group leader Alexander Kotz noticed that Ozasek may only be pursuing self-interest, since his motivation was in the area of ​​local transport. Kotz also pointed out that the AfD cannot have a significant influence on the supervisory boards anyway.

The debate in the municipal council

On September 12, the SPD will deal with its strategy for this dilemma. Spokeswoman Jasmin Meergans had already indicated that she was not willing to differentiate between "good" and "bad" AfD politicians, since in their opinion everyone represented a racist attitude. The possibility of blocking Rospacher's nominations in both committees is associated with the fear of triggering the AfD "sacrificing".

The local council will finally make a decisive choice on September 19, in the first meeting after the summer break. Against this background, the city administration has so far expressed no legal concerns about the nomination of the AfD man. This underlines the difficulty of reaching an agreement in such an emotionally charged climate.