Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) - In the event of her election as Frankfurt's mayor, Manuela Rottmann, a member of the Bundestag, wants to place particular emphasis on climate policy. Making the city climate-neutral by 2035 is her most important task as mayor, said the Greens politician on Wednesday. This requires an ambitious social policy, a pragmatic economic policy and a consistent environmental and climate policy. "We can only ensure economic prosperity if we comply with planetary boundaries," explained the 50-year-old.
When it came to the question of who the Greens would send in the race to succeed the former Frankfurt mayor, Peter Feldmann (SPD), the party's selection committee decided on Rottmann. The personnel must now be confirmed by the party base at the weekend. With Feldmann's deselection, the course was set for a new beginning, said Rottmann. She wanted to make a real start from the end of the paralysis.
The Frankfurt mayoral election is expected to take place on March 5th. Head of planning Mike Josef takes over for the SPD. Former mayor and treasurer Uwe Becker is to run for the CDU. In the Frankfurt city council elections last year, the Greens emerged as the strongest party for the first time.
Rottmann comes from Lower Franconia and currently works as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. She studied law in Frankfurt and was head of the department for environment and health in the Main metropolis from 2006 to 2012. Since Feldmann was voted out, his deputy, Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg, has been acting mayor of the Greens. She too had signaled her willingness to run for office. City council leader Hilime Arslaner was also named as a possible party candidate.
