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According to his comments about crown disease in older people, quite a few greens wanted to ban Boris Palmer from his party. But now the disputable mayor receives the support of his colleagues.
Some prominent members of the Greens have protected the controversial Tübingen mayor, Boris Palmer. In an appeal published earlier in the week, he said: “The assembled board levels should seek dialogue with him and abandon the less than eco-friendly style of the measure.”
The Southwest Greens board of directors had asked Palmer to leave the party after a comment about the crown pandemic. Furthermore, leaders of the Green Party in the federal government, the state and the Tübingen district association had declared that they no longer wanted to support him politically.
“The party has always been a place of freedom of expression”
Signatories to the appeal include former Bundestag Vice President Antje Vollmer, Baden-Wuerttemberg MP Martin Hahn and Mayor of Maselheim (Biberach district) Elmar Braun. In 1991 Braun was the first green chief of the German city council. Several media had previously reported on the letter.
The call goes on to say: “Since its inception, our party has been a place of passionate debate, open debate, freedom of expression, and respect for minority views.” This corresponds to the green principles of non-violence and grassroots democracy. “Boris Palmer is a veteran of the Baden-Württemberg Greens, he is a staunch ecologist and sometimes a rebellious free spirit.” Palmer is not impossible to teach, but he has given serious reasons for his position.
Palmer had said in an interview in late April: “In Germany, we can save people who would be dead anyway in six months.” He explained his statement with concern for children at risk of poverty, especially in developing countries, whose lives were threatened by the economic consequences of confinement. After much criticism, Palmer admitted that his sentence had led to misunderstandings. He regrets that. “Of course, I hope everyone receives the best possible medical care.”
