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Otto-Wels-Saal: The CDU (a bit) jumps at the SPD
The clearly grown AfD parliamentary group wants to go to the Bundestag faction rooms of the shrunk SPD. Now the CDU intervenes in the dispute over the “Otto-Wels-Hall”.
The Union faction rejects the AfD’s claim to the SPD parliamentary group. “Of course, the new AfD faction strength must be taken into account,” said Patrick Schnieder, Parliamentary Managing Director of the Union Group in the Bundestag star. “But there is no automatic access to certain rooms.”
The AfD had previously registered interest in the Otto Wels Hall. The AfD faction has grown from 77 to 152 MPs after the Bundestag election. After the worst result, the SPD has only 120 seats since 1949. The AfD therefore needs larger premises than before. But the hall has a historical meaning for the SPD.
The faction hall is historically significant for the SPD
The name of the faction hall is reminiscent of the former SPD chairman Otto Wels. The SPD faction has been in the hall since moving to Berlin in 1999. In a historical speech, Wels founded the SPD’s no in the Reichstag in 1933 on the Nazi power of power. “Freedom and life can be taken away, not the honor,” he said. Now the right -wing extremist AfD wants to move into the rooms.
The SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich, who was still in office at the time, said on Tuesday: “I don’t want to give the Otto-Wels-Saal.” He emphasized that he had something every time to go past the names attached to the hall that had not bent at the National Socialists at the time and voted against the Enabling Act. He finds the possible loss of the hall for the SPD as a “deep wound”.
The rooms are negotiated between the political groups
But nothing is decided yet. The spatial distribution in the Reichstag building usually depends on the strength of the political groups. According to the Bundestag administration, the hall is not officially called that. Theoretically, the SPD could also move to another room and name it after the former chairman. The possibility of technical conversions is also considered to enable a different distribution of space.
In the Union there is openness to discussions. “These things must now be discussed between the parliamentary groups and with the president,” says parliamentary group manager Patrick Schnieder star. At the beginning of each election period, the political groups come together to discuss this question. The room question is then decided in the Council of Elders, usually unanimously.
There is still time for a few weeks. The new Bundestag is only constituted on March 25th, until then the old parliament is still in office and dignity, and the previous spatial distribution also applies. Until then, a solution must be found so that the rooms can be assigned. The Union could then save the possible coalition partner SPD a disgrace.
Source: Stern
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