Choice
:
Berlin has voted, and the result is Berlin
Reading time: 11 mins
Open detailed view
Kai Wegner was already described as a tragic figure on election night, as a winner without a win, as a king without a country. But he seems to rate his prospect of becoming Berlin’s governing mayor significantly higher than the rest of the world.
(Photo: Mike Schmidt/Imago)
Berlin is a strange city that produced a suitably strange election result. Of two candidates, both of whom defiantly hope to continue, and a winner with whom nobody wants to win.
From
Markus Balser, Jan Heidtmann, Boris Herrmann, Georg Ismar, Henrike Roßbach and Robert Roßmann, Berlin
Franziska Giffey is getting a little restless now. She looks at SPD leader Saskia Esken, taps her watch and whispers: “I have to go.” Your own state board is waiting for you, because there is finally some need for clarification this Monday. Giffey lost an election on Sunday. As the top candidate, she is responsible for the worst result her party has ever had in Berlin since reunification. Now she’s standing here, on the podium in the Willy-Brandt-Haus, and is supposed to say something about it, time trouble or not.
SZ Plus subscribers also read:
Interview with Harald Schmidt
“I laugh myself sick”
medicine
It’s just mental
Health
“The pretzel is pretty bad for weight loss”
quarrel in the relationship
“If we don’t solve the problem, a wall will come up”
Mental health
“Mental load is invisible, but can make you ill”