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Hamburg election: Here the SPD threatens the next blow

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eActually it is only a mayor election in a big city, but Hamburg is a little different: the city-state has an after-work parliament and a government, which is called Senate on the Elbe.

And that is why the Republic looks on February 23 whether the SPD in the only state election of the year with a traditional business friendly course is able to ward off the Greens’ attack, which would like to become the strongest party for the first time – and at the same time shows the federal leadership of the Social Democrats that the left course is misleading. The Hamburg SPD is at the forefront in the latest polls.

What makes this city tick? The Hamburg alphabet.

A like former mayor: They play a major role, sometimes almost more than when they were in office. Sorting and warning are regularly carried out, rarely to the delight of the successors. The team currently consists of Hans-Ulrich Klose, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Ortwin Runde (all SPD), Ole von Beust, Christoph Ahlhaus (both CDU) and Olaf Scholz (SPD), although not all are in equal demand.

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Hamburg’s first mayor Peter Tschentscher (center) and some predecessors from left to right: Ortwin Runde, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Ole von Beust and Christoph Ahlhaus

Source: pa / dpa / Markus Scholz

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B like citizen participation: This has been expanded over the past decades, hardly a carport can be built on without asking as many as possible. When it comes to the large votes, Hamburg citizens like to turn against the Senate policy, for example when buying back energy networks or, of course, when applying for the Olympics.

C for CDU: The times of their own governments are not so long ago, from 2001 to 2011 she provided the mayor with Ole von Beust. After the recent poor election results with Marcus Weinberg, only a top candidate, but not a mayor candidate, was put up for the current election. In some of the 104 neighborhoods, the party barely passes the five percent hurdle. The classic CDU topics no longer work in the big city.

Marcus Weinberg (CDU), top candidate for the upcoming general election in Hamburg – –

Marcus Weinberg (CDU), top candidate for the upcoming general election in Hamburg

Credit: dpa / Christian Charisius

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D as “not there for”: You can recognize the real hamburger by this syntactically questionable phrase, which means something like “gladly done”.

E for excellence: The University of the Hanseatic City was only founded in 1919 because it was not clear to the merchants how such an institution should quickly bring returns. After many difficult decades, it achieved excellence status on its 100th birthday last year. Now the city wants to continue investing heavily.

F for sweeping bench: Katharina Fegebank wants to be the first woman to take up the post of mayor – and the first green woman to do so. The 42-year-old mother of twins and current science senator works with her open and lively manner beyond the party milieu.

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This is how Katharina Fegebank wants to win Hamburg’s general election

Katharina Fegebank is the top candidate of the Greens in the Hamburg state election on February 23. The focus of the election campaign is primarily on security policy and the redesign of local transport.

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Source: WELT / Thomas Laeber

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In surveys, however, she also lags behind incumbent Peter Tschentscher (SPD) in personality values. Fegebank is brave: Werder Bremen is your favorite football club.

G for G 20: The fact that the SPD and the Greens are still in the government at all can be described as a small miracle in view of the experiences with the G-20 summit in summer 2017. Predicted by the then mayor Olaf Scholz as a larger port birthday, days of riot developed, including a temporary loss of control for the police. Hundreds of criminal cases are still pending today.

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During the G-20 summit in Hamburg there were riots on several days and in different locations– – – – –

H for Hammonia: “City on the Elbe floodplains / how are you to look at handsome / with your towers Hochgestalt / and your ships Mastenwald” – when it gets really festive, the Hanseatic people will sing their own national anthem, the Hammonia song. However, “Hamburg, my pearl” by Lotto King Karl is heard more often.

I like Inner Circle: Hamburg is Germany’s second largest city, but its core is manageable. The inner circle of economic and political actors as well as creative artists is small, at the beginning of the year the circle of a good 1,000 people moves from reception to reception and insures itself.

J for Jungfernstieg: One of the most famous streets in Hamburg and actually the boulevard on the Inner Alster. But car protesters and gangs of youngsters were up to mischief until the reputation was almost ruined. When a neighboring club and the police opposed it, things got a little better.

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Hamburg elections

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K for neighborhood: St. Pauli and the Reeperbahn have the best years behind them and are suddenly back in fashion. Many tourists go through the district during the day and are disappointed. They were poorly informed.

L for Lindenberg: Udo Lindenberg and Hamburg, especially the Hotel Atlantic, simply belong together. Quite a few see him as the next honorary citizen. Lindenberg has been running its own hands-on museum for a long time and is giving the merchant city a tolerable outlaw.

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“Lindenberg! Do your thing!”

The film “Lindenberg! Do Your Thing ”shows the life of singer and entertainer Udo Lindenberg. It tells of his childhood until his first appearance in Hamburg in 1973.

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M for moin: The famous North German greeting has survived all foreign influences and is used at all times of the day. But only once, the doubling reveals the wannabe hamburger.

N like night life: It is probably not as legendary as it used to be, the times of the red light milieu are over as well as those of the big clubs. And yet, on good days, you can experience a form of snotty conviviality in the pubs of the trendy districts, which may then only be found in Hamburg.

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The Greens are currently further away from the desired head-to-head duel with the SPD than at the beginning of the election campaign– – – – –

O like east: No other city has such a clear gap between the halves of the city east and west. Roughly speaking, the bourgeoisie lives in the west, especially in Eppendorf, Rotherbaum, Eimsbüttel and on the Elbe, while in the east the less developed districts such as Hamm, Horn or Billstedt are lined up. Many urban development programs have attempted to narrow the gap.

P for parliament: That means citizenship in Hamburg and is elected for five years. In addition to Bremen, it is the only state parliament that still operates after hours and is not staffed by professional politicians. It meets every other Wednesday, but there are also a number of committee meetings. A commission is currently discussing whether it would make sense to convert it into a smaller professional parliament.

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Will the Red City Hall in Hamburg soon be ruled green?– – – – –

Q for Quiddje: Anyone who was not born in Hamburg is a Quiddje. And there are more of them every year, around 10,000 people currently move into the city every year. But that doesn’t mean that you’re a hamburger right away, it can take a few generations.

R for ride sharing: Really all providers who want to conquer the new mobility market have rushed to Hamburg. In addition to the VW subsidiary Moia, you can also share normal taxis with strangers using the app or get into an Uber vehicle or simply use one of the many car sharing offers.

S for traffic jams: Despite the new offers described, the number of traffic jams on the streets has not decreased, on the contrary: Hamburg is Germany’s official traffic jam capital. In particular, the steadily growing flow of commuters make morning and afternoon a test of patience. And so traffic became a major issue in the election campaign.

T like Tschentscher: Not a typical hamburger, the mayor comes across as quiet and humble. Maybe it’s because 54-year-old Peter Tschentscher was born in Bremen.

Peter Tschentscher (SPD), First Mayor in Hamburg – –

Peter Tschentscher (SPD), First Mayor in Hamburg

Credit: dpa / Christian Charisius

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The laboratory doctor at Eppendorf University Hospital had made a name for himself as a financial politician and headed the corresponding department in the Senate for a long time, until suddenly the spotlights turned on him when Olaf Scholz switched to federal politics: since March 2018, the social democrat has been leading government affairs, now he is standing for election for the first time.

U for UKE: Many an accident victim is said to have called out to the paramedics with their last strength: “Please not to the UKE!” The university hospital in Eppendorf did not always have the best reputation, the huge clinic is currently struggling with the conditions in the emergency room – and on the other hand shines in the treatment of difficult cases and with research. Diagnosis: On the mend.

V for clubs: HSV’s relegation from the Bundesliga two years ago was a stab in the soul of part of the city – the other part cheered for supporting local rival FC St. Pauli. In a few months, the paths that crossed in the second division should separate again, the HSV wants to rise. And with a debt level of around 80 million euros, it must also be. In addition to the hockey classics, only the basketball players of the Hamburg Towers are first-class in the core sports, but they also have to fight.

W for election campaign: In terms of content, there were only two or three topics for a long time, namely the situation on the housing market, transport and the associated urban climate debate. But then the debate about the involvement of SPD politicians such as Olaf Scholz, Johannes Kahrs and Peter Tschentscher came into the statute of limitations for tax repayments Warburg Bank added.

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Storm surge on the North Sea: In Dagebüll in North Frisia, the ferry pier is under water– – – – –

In terms of personnel, from the start it was only a question of who ended up ahead: incumbent Peter Tschentscher (SPD) or second mayor Katharina Fegebank (Greens). The discussion was accordingly not very varied.

X for XFEL: This abbreviation stands for X-Ray Free-Electron Laser, Hamburg’s most important research project. With X-ray flashes, three-dimensional detailed images of chemical reactions are possible in the 3.4 km long underground ring. The facility belongs to the Desy Center, in which twelve countries are involved. The Senate has decided that a Science City should grow around Desy in the Bahrenfeld district.

Y for yacht: Hamburg also has a marina, but yacht building is much more important – at Blohm + Voss in XXL style. For the rich in the world – whether classic entrepreneurs, sheikhs or oligarch – everything that the world has in store for luxury goods is installed here. The traditional shipyard has been part of the Lürssen Group since 2016, when the Bremen takeover of all times was a blow to the (trading) office for Hamburg traditionalists.

Z like two million: Hamburgers are struggling with the growing pains of a big city, but they would be proud to break the two million inhabitants mark.

Around 1.85 million people currently live in the Hanseatic city, the forecast by the State Statistical Office is that by 2040 there will be 1.949 million inhabitants – but after that the death rate is expected to decline again. So it will be close to the two million.

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This is how Katharina Fegebank wants to win Hamburg’s general election

Katharina Fegebank is the top candidate of the Greens in the Hamburg state election on February 23. In the election campaign, she focuses primarily on security policy and the redesign of local transport.

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Source: WELT / Thomas Laeber

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