Wiesbaden - "Most of all I hate lies and cynical." The Hessian SPD parliamentary deputies Dagmar Metzger remains true to its motto, and refused allegiance Andrea Ypsilanti be elected with the help of the Left to the head of government.
Even in a private conversation with Ypsilanti could be swayed Comrade Courage not. Only a short time later, the drumbeat: Yspilanti refrained on 5 Compete April as prime minister-candidate, since they could no longer guarantee a majority. At the same time, they ruled out a resignation as head of the National and the Group. For Hesse Greens have done so that negotiations with the SPD.
Thanks Metzger (49) have exploded within a few days in order Ypsilanti dreams of a red-green government with the complicity of the Left. Unlike her boss, which was sanctioned by an SPD leader Kurt Beck breach of promise to power, presented the lawyer and banker Metzger (since 1990 in the SPD) as the indomitable champion of truth and honesty.
And there's the politician, who was from an old SPD family comes from (her father-mayor of Darmstadt) in the 70's Federal Group Vice, a clear opinion. She could not reconcile it with their conscience, which is not in the election campaign promise by the break-cooperation with the Left. "I said no, and for that I will stand. For me it is mainly relevant in my credibility. "
As a former West Berlin woman she also had personal experience of how to have separated from all the protestations by the communist regime built the wall of their family. Her father had to leave his mother in East Berlin. A collaboration with the Left called it, which has lived since 1992 in Darmstadt, a "ride on the razor blade".
How to Go in Hesse, is unclear. Prime Minister Koch (CDU) wants to continue government was named Managing Director. Hesse sees an alliance with the CDU FDP and the Greens optmistisch. On the other hand to block the Green Party. In conversation as a possible CDU prime minister is reportedly Frankfurt Mayor Petra Roth.
