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The Left voted against the new construction plans of the Signa department store group at its party congress over the weekend. A smack for her front man Klaus Lederer (46)
Mask off, signature, smile at the cameras. Exactly three weeks ago, Mayor and Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer sealed a letter of intent with the Karstadt-Kaufhof Group Signa.
The deal: Saving four branches in the capital with 500 jobs against benevolence in the case of new building plans, for example on Hermannplatz (Kreuzberg) and Kurfürstendamm (Charlottenburg).
“Dirty Karstadt Deal”
The Neukölln delegate Jorinde Schulz insulted this as a “dirty Karstadt deal”. Lederer accused her: “Our own senator gave in to blackmailing an investor.”
Lederer on the defensive: “As a government, we have decided to save many people, especially women over 50, from unemployment. As a leftist, he won’t be accused of that. “
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However, Lederer, who wants to be the top candidate again in the Berlin election in 2021, also switched to a riot tone: “But that is not a free ticket for Signa to realize all of its profit dreams. And it would be a scandal if the rumor was true that Signa had not yet withdrawn all terminations. ”Then he would not be bound by the agreement.
A declaration of war also to the other signatories: the governing Michael Müller (SPD, 55) and Green Mayor Ramona Pop (42).
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