Before the Bremen state elections, the SPD’s top candidate, Andreas Bovenschulte, defended himself against the accusation of not getting the security situation at Bremen’s main station under control. They reacted with harshness against dealers and with help for addicts, said Bremen’s head of government on Friday in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin”. The situation has improved without all problems having been solved.
Candidates for the state elections on May 14 were guests in the “Morgenmagazin” on Friday. The top candidate of the CDU, Frank Imhoff, rejected the comment that his party was in a hopeless position. “I think this coalition simply outlived itself,” said Imhoff. The government has shown that it cannot solve the problems in the country. He cited high levels of poverty and many school dropouts as examples.
“Above all, we want to better connect the outskirts of the city with buses than has been the case up to now,” promised the Greens’ top candidate Maike Schaefer. When asked about the security situation at the main station, the transport senator said: “I think we need consistent action by the police at the main station.” Aggressive people at bus stops should be able to be referred to places.
“Tailwind looks different,” said the top candidate of the left, Kristina Vogt, in response to the remark that the federal party was not helping in the election campaign with its poll numbers. The Economics Senator reported that she was depressed by the high level of unemployment, especially among young people with migration and refugee backgrounds. According to Vogt, it is important to prevent the districts of Bremen from drifting further apart.
In Bremen there is the highest level of poverty and the worst education system in all of Germany, there are not enough daycare places, criticized the FDP top candidate Thore Schäck. “All of this shows that the red-green-red Senate obviously failed to solve these problems.”
