Tübingen: Palmer is running for Freie Wähler in local elections

Following his departure from the Greens, the now non-party Tübingen Mayor Palmer wants to run for Freie Wähler in the 2024 local elections. He cites city finances as the reason, which he hopes to be able to have a say in this way. [more]

Germany's most famous mayor has already resigned from the Greens, and now he wants to move into the district council for the Free Voters Association. Why “It's about money,” says Palmer.

“Boris is back.” Former Green Party politician Boris Palmer is concerned about district finances in Baden-Württemberg. That is why the now non-party candidate is running for the Free Voters Association in 2024. In the district council, he could have a say in money. However, he did not want to weaken his former party.

Tübingen's Lord Mayor Boris Palmer is running for the list of the Free Voters Association 2024, whose chairman is delighted. More...

Boris Palmer has fallen out with the Greens and is now seeking political affiliation with the Free Voters Association. There are fiscal policy motives behind this, said the Lord Mayor of Tübingen.

Should he come to the district council, he can have a say in the amount of the district levy, says Boris Palmer about the reasons for his decision — “it's about the money.”