Boris Palmer: “I’m taking the issues away from the AfD”. The far-right party in Baden-Württemberg recently got 16 percent in polls.
Not even a list of candidates was drawn up for the local elections on June 9th. Palmer has been mayor of Tübingen since 2007. He has repeatedly been criticized for xenophobic statements. The city with around 90,000 residents has long been a green eco-stronghold.