Frankfurt city councilors have initiated the voting out of the controversial Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD). At the city council meeting on Thursday, the corresponding motion received the required majority. Feldmann did not accept the deselection.
The Lord Mayor of Frankfurt, Peter Feldmann (SPD), did not accept the decision of the city councilors to vote out. A few minutes after the city parliament’s decision to start a vote-out procedure, he had a statement distributed in the Römer. In it he reacted “with regret and great concern” to the decision.
A two-thirds majority had recently voted in favor of his deselection. Feldmann must now resign within a week, otherwise a referendum will be sought. This was scheduled for November 6th.
“A deselection is not only expensive, but also unnecessary,” said Feldmann. He offered his resignation at the end of January. However, the coalition decided “to take the path of confrontation”. “They accept months of paralysis of local politics for a few weeks shorter term of office – not to mention the risk that the end result will not be the result they want, not to mention the risk.”
In the referendum, 30 percent of those eligible to vote must decide against Feldmann.
