The CDU politician Volker Bouffier wants to leave today, Friday in the Hessian Parliament for the third Time as Prime Minister to choose. At the first meeting of the newly elected state Parliament the new edition of the black-green coalition government is facing its first major test. The CDU and the Green have a wafer-thin majority of one seat. All 69 members of both groups must be on-site and for Bouffier vote, so that the Alliance can lead to 67-Year-old in the second term.
In the summer of 2010 was the then Hessian Minister of the interior Bouffier in the current legislature as the successor of Roland Koch (CDU) to the top of a black-yellow coalition government has been elected. At the Start of the black-green government of 2014, the Hesse CDU chief was a fantastic result - but only in the second ballot.
The first pass is invalid, as more ballot papers issued with the name "Max mustermann" had been had been. At the second ballot Bouffier received 62 of 109 votes - thus, mathematically, all of the 61 votes of the government parties of CDU and the Greens, plus one more from the Opposition.
In the state of Hesse, there is not the first Time scarce conditions: From 1999 to 2003, the black-yellow state government under Koch had only a majority of votes, as well as the CDU-alone government in the next five years. In Schleswig-Holstein, went One-seat majority, however, ever been wrong: As himself Heide Simonis (SPD) wanted to leave in 2005, with the help of the South Schleswig's voters ' Association (SSW) the Head of a red-green minority government choose, failed four times, spectacular in Parliament. Which member of the planned coalition, or from the SSW and the contained, is unknown until today.
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Christoph Schmidt-Lunau daily mirror tomorrow location Free of charge chosen in orderBefore the election, the Prime Minister further votes on Friday in the Hessian Parliament. Among other things, the former science Minister Boris Rhein (CDU), the new Parliament is to be President. In addition, the deputies have to decide on the Vice-President. The meeting will be opened by the oldest MP, the AfD-politician Rolf Kahnt. The AfD is represented for the first time in the Hessian state Parliament and sitting in all German länder parliaments and in the Bundestag. (dpa)