The red-green Hamburg Senate is apparently facing a reshuffle. As NDR 90.3 reported on Sunday evening, Economics Senator Michael Westhagemann (independent) wants to give up his office. Urban Development Senator Dorothee Stapelfeldt (SPD) also wants to leave the government. The new Economics Senator should be the previous Social Senator and Hamburg SPD Chairwoman Melanie Leonhard, it said.
Senate spokesman Marcel Schweitzer declined to confirm the report. However, the German Press Agency was confirmed by Senate circles that Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) wanted to submit personnel proposals for the Senate to the party and the SPD parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament on Monday evening. A statement for the public was also promised. However, no further details were given.
