Spd: Is Marc Herter the Social Democrat of the Future?

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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No money for day care centers, sports halls and streets? Not in the Ruhr district town of Hamm. There is business in the district: A GmbH owned by the city does the construction work, the city uses its company for interest-rate benefits and for the acquisition of subsidies of the country. The bill for the re-elected city president of the SPD still votes.

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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The SPD crashed during the municipal election in North Rhine-Westphalia. But in the former CDU stronghold Hamm, Lord Mayor Marc Herter won with almost two thirds of the votes.