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[W:#81]Boris has won the election! - He has been re-elected!

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No, not Boris Johnson as you might think.
But Boris Palmer.

And he really deserves his victory!

Boris Erasmus Palmer (born 28 May 1972) is a German politician and former member of the Green Party. He has been mayor of Tübingen since January 2007. From March 2001 to May 2007, he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg Landtag, the State parliament in Stuttgart.

Palmer's controversial positions have cost him the support of his party in the 2020 municipal elections, and a process to oust him from party ranks was started the following year.
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Boris Palmer - Wikipedia

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Congratulation!

I had hoped that he would win - but was not sure at all.
 
His victory is not reported here - but he has indeed won the election this Sunday evening.

Palmer's candidacy in 2022 is based, among other things, on a survey in Tübingen, according to which the citizens want him back as mayor. The survey was carried out among 500 people from Tübingen in October 2021, shortly after the federal elections. Various topics were queried in it, the question about Palmer was only one.[14]

In February 2022, Palmer admitted to DLF that he commissioned the survey at the time. he also paid for them himself, he said.
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Boris Palmer - Wikipedia

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I hope that soon his re-election will be reported in the English-language press as well soon.
In the German press it is official already.
 
latest news from 15 hours ago:

Elections in Tübingen: Showdown in Tübingen – Will Palmer be re-elected?​

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and:

For Germany’s probably busiest mayor, it’s all about the whole thing now: Boris Palmer wants a third term in Tübingen. If he loses the election, he wants to get out of politics altogether.

For him, it’s an election with no net and no double bottom: Tuebingen Mayor Boris Palmer is fighting for a third term on Sunday – and with it his political future.
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Elections in Tübingen: Showdown in Tübingen - Will Palmer be re-elected? - News in Germany

Elections in TubingenShowdown in Tübingen – Will Palmer be re-elected? What does Boris Palmer’s future...
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And the good news is: He has won! (y) (y) (y)
 
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Most people here (especially liberals) despise the US Green Party.
 


Here you can see Palmer live.
 
Rumpel said:
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Boris Palmer - Wikipedia

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There's next to nothing about his political positions on there. There is this:

"Palmer's relatively conservative stance within the Greens is well known and he has been deemed as controversial in the party."
 
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Maybe you did not know this Boris as yet - but I can assure you - he deserves to be known! :)
 


If you may not know Boris Palmer, maybe you know Tübingen.


GERMANY historical center of Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg)​

 


Explore The Best Places Of Tübingen - Germany With The Design Tourist​

 
Attention tramps come from everywhere……….nicht wahr?
 
Here are older news from a former election:

Boris Palmer, who was re-elected Green mayor of Tübingen, a university town in Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state, got confirmed last weekend with 61,7% (22.154 votes). This is a fantastic success for Boris and the Greens in Tübingen, where Green policy has already had a remarkable impact: CO2 emissions per person have declined by 18% in Tübingen since 2007, a record decline in Germany. The number of crèche/nursery places has been greatly expanded, and today almost 90% of all children aged one to three can get a place. Over the last decade, there has been a threefold increase in trade tax revenues.
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Green success in Germany and the Czech Republic

Congratulations to both Boris Palmer, who was re-elected mayor in Tübingen, Germany, and to Strana zelených, the Czech Green party, for their success in the second round of Senate elections.
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To celebrate Boris Palmer's victory, I will now open a bottle of an excellent red wine.

I quote from the label:

Um Boris Palmers Sieg zu feiern, werde ich nun eine Flasche besonders guten Wein aufmachen:

Regent Rotwein
feinherb
Baden-Baden
Weinhaus am Mauerberg
Qualitätswein

Baden
2019
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Antiwar said:
Which ones? Name them.
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Cost us the 2000 and 2016 elections. Remember the guy who got "elected" in 2000? Not very "antiwar," was he? ;)
 
Phys251 said:
Cost us the 2000 and 2016 elections. Remember the guy who got "elected" in 2000? Not very "antiwar," was he? ;)
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Start a thread on that, notify me here, and we'll discuss your claims.
 
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