Hupke leaves the Greens: A new chapter for Cologne's city center!

Hupke leaves the Greens: A new chapter for Cologne's city center!

In Cologne there are currently turbulent changes in the political environment, because Andreas Hupke, a well -known face of the Greens, has announced his exit from the party. This step takes place after more than 40 years of active membership and an impressive career as mayor of the Cologne district of downtown and Deutz, where Hupke worked for two decades. According to Express decided to go to the vote with his newly founded voter group "Action alliance inner city/Deutz (ABI)/Team Hupke".

HUPKE, which was recently unanimously confirmed in his fourth term as district mayor, plans to leave as soon as the electoral office permits for local elections. The reason for this step was probably differences with his former party, who informed him in April that she would not support him for another candidacy. This was regarded by Hupke as an age discriminatory, especially since he suspects that he expressed himself too directly to some party comrades. However, the change is difficult for him because the Greens were a political home for him, as he expressed in an interview.

a new alliance for more participation

The newly founded campaign alliance is to become a fresh wind in the Cologne district. Hupke is convinced that the independence of the party and faction constraints of his group will give an advantage. In an ambitious eleven-point plan , he wants to strengthen the right to live, promote political self-determination in the neighborhood and put an end to the "ball manization of the city center". He will also be committed to more trees and green spaces and address the urgency of climate change.

• Strengthening the rights of residential rights
• Political self -determination in the quarter
• Combating the impairment of the cityscape
• Initiatives against the "Ballermannization of the city center"
• focus on trees and green areas

As support, Hupke is a diverse team at hand that consists of committed citizens: inside aged 35 to 75. Ruth Wennemar and Hans Anton Meurers, who are responsible in the group, are particularly noteworthy. The founding meeting of the alliance lasted over five hours and was shaped by lively discussions.

a political legacy in Cologne local politics

Cologne local politics is of central importance for many citizens. Local elections that put local issues to the fore in Germany often form differently than the elections to country or Bundestag. bpb.de informs that these elections have the goal of ensuring the representation of the people by general, immediate, free and secret elections.

Since Hupke appears with his new, non -factional alliance, he is able to represent the interests of the citizens: inside without the bonds of party politics. This could also attract other, non -party voices in Cologne politics who want a voice apart from traditional structures. Hupke is also supported by district representative Stefan Fischer from the Greens who spoke to him.

Whether Hupke with his new group of voters can mix up the board members of regional politics. However, it is certain that the Cologne district of downtown/Deutz is opening up a new chapter in municipal democracy through its decision. It remains exciting how the political landscape in Cologne will develop in the course of the upcoming local elections.