On Friday, Faeser wants to explain whether she is running as the top candidate for the SPD in Hesse. At the federal level, not only the opposition is calling for their withdrawal in this case.
Should Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser declare her willingness to run for the top candidate for the SPD in the state elections in Hesse next Friday, she would have to resign from the Union’s point of view.
“In these challenging times, when war is raging in Europe, when the security authorities have their hands full with Reich citizens, right-wing extremists and foiled terrorist attacks, it would be irresponsible to want to run the Ministry of the Interior in addition to an election campaign,” said the domestic policy spokesman for the Union faction, Alexander Throm (CDU), on Tuesday. “That’s why I’m asking her to resign if she becomes the lead candidate,” he added.
Politicians from Gründer and FDP also warned Faeser of a possible double role. Konstantin von Notz, Vice President of the Greens in the Bundestag, told the “Handelsblatt”: “A state election campaign as a top candidate demands the whole person, just like the office of Federal Minister of the Interior – especially in these times.” FDP party leader Wolfgang Kubicki told the newspapers of the Funke media group (Tuesday) that the Federal Ministry of the Interior was “not a suitable campaign platform in these serious times”.
“Maximum involvement” in both offices
Von Note explained that in each of these two tasks – top candidate in the state election campaign and Federal Minister of the Interior – one is “maximumly involved in terms of appointments and personalities”. “Wanting to do both together and in parallel would inevitably lead to neglecting one of the tasks and would simply be highly error-prone.” The state elections in Hesse are on October 8th.
The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported on Monday that Faeser would initially remain Federal Minister of the Interior even in the event of a top SPD candidate in Hesse. She agreed on this with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). This Friday, Faeser, who is also the SPD chairwoman in Hesse, is to explain her plans at an SPD event – including a possible top candidate for the state elections on October 8th. The Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of the Interior did not want to comment on the report.
For Faeser, the Federal Ministry of the Interior is on the one hand “a platform that she uses” to increase her awareness, said Throm. The SPD politician is also criticized by the office, “since Germany is now isolated within the European Union on migration issues.” After the knife attack on a train in Schleswig-Holstein, Faeser asked why the perpetrator was still in Germany, although the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, which is under her ministry, is responsible for the decision on the man’s protection status also been “more than hypocritical”.
The Christian Democrats are entering the race in Hesse with the incumbent Prime Minister, Boris Rhein. Economics Minister Tarek Al-Wazir is running for the Greens, who are currently co-governing.
Source: Stern
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