Good evening,
phew, democracy is such a thing.
Sometimes it's about accepting other opinions.
Not always easy - especially in politically charged times.
Around 800 people joined a pro-Russian march on Sunday.
Start was on the opera square.
Then we went to the main cemetery.
The demonstration was registered under the motto "Against hate speech and discrimination against Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace".
A motorcade with up to 700 vehicles was originally planned.
According to a decision by the city, this was not allowed to drive off.
So we just walked through Frankfurt – accompanied by a massive police presence.
Many demonstrators had flags with them.
That of the Tsarist Empire, the flag of the Russian Federation,
also the red banner of the Soviet Union with hammer and sickle could be seen.
The nearly 800 demonstrators protested against alleged discrimination against Russians living in Germany.
However, the deployment was also seen by many as a glorification of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
At the same time, people met in several places in the city for counter-demonstrations.
There were arguments and violations of the rules.
Our reporters Theresa Weiß and Katharina Iskandar were out and about in the city center together with photographer Michael Braunschädel on Sunday.
They delivered their impressions to the editorial office almost every minute, spoke to the people who had joined the pro-Russian demonstration, captured the mood and voices.
The nearly 800 demonstrators protested against alleged discrimination against Russians living in Germany.
However, the deployment was also seen by many as a glorification of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
At the same time, people met in several places in the city for counter-demonstrations.
There were arguments and violations of the rules.
Our reporters Theresa Weiß and Katharina Iskandar were out and about in the city center together with photographer Michael Braunschädel on Sunday.
They delivered their impressions to the editorial office almost every minute, spoke to the people who had joined the pro-Russian demonstration, captured the mood and voices.
The nearly 800 demonstrators protested against alleged discrimination against Russians living in Germany.
However, the deployment was also seen by many as a glorification of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
At the same time, people met in several places in the city for counter-demonstrations.
There were arguments and violations of the rules.
Our reporters Theresa Weiß and Katharina Iskandar were out and about in the city center together with photographer Michael Braunschädel on Sunday.
They delivered their impressions to the editorial office almost every minute, spoke to the people who had joined the pro-Russian demonstration, captured the mood and voices.
Marie Lisa Kehler
Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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The eyes from outside were again directed towards Frankfurt this weekend.
Some political representatives would like a little less attention for the city.
Frankfurt must calm down again.
Sounds easy.
But it's complicated.
Because the demand for a voluntary and early resignation of Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD) continues to make waves.
Our author Rainer Schulze summarized and evaluated the events of the past week.
"Criminal proceedings against the mayor are not compatible with conducting official business for the benefit of the city." This sentence was not penned by our author, but by the SPD party executive.
But our author comes to the conclusion: "More distancing is hardly possible." After Feldmann's announcement,
Customers switching electricity providers is the order of the day.
But the fact that an electricity provider is terminating its customers en masse is a special case.
On behalf of thousands of victims, the Hesse consumer advice center wants to assert claims for damages against the energy discounter Stromio in court.
Although not insolvent, he had given notice to many customers last year.
Reason: The price development on the energy market is forcing him to do so.
And the involuntarily contractless?
They in turn slipped into the so-called replacement supply.
And that costs.
With the model declaratory action, the consumer advice center wants to clarify that the terminations were unlawful and thus create the basis for financial compensation.
The lawsuit is to be filed in the week after Easter.
Author Petra Kirchhoff has summarized why it can still take several years for the court proceedings to be completed and where affected customers can register if the lawsuit is admitted.
There is already a damper: If the consumer advice center is successful with the lawsuit in court, that does not mean for customers who have joined the lawsuit that they will receive money.
You must assert your individual claims for damages with Stromio yourself.
who have joined the lawsuit does not mean that they will receive any money.
You must assert your individual claims for damages with Stromio yourself.
who have joined the lawsuit does not mean that they will receive any money.
You must assert your individual claims for damages with Stromio yourself.
And in addition, a new housing project on the former estate of the Ilbenstadt monastery wants to connect people of all origins and generations +++ the city of Frankfurt wants to move the Friday meeting at Friedberger Platz to the Hauptwache.
On the first try, the weather threw a spanner in the works +++ All administrative services in Darmstadt should be done digitally by the end of the year.
This is a challenge even for the tech-savvy city.
Stay healthy,
Marie Lisa Kehler
You can also read current reports from the region in Skyline-Blick, our live news blog for the Rhine-Main region, and on the Rhein-Main-Zeitung website at www.faz.net/rmz
The weather for Monday:
The day will be friendly with a mix of sun and harmless clouds with highs of up to 17 degrees.
Increasingly clearer at night with 5 degrees.
birthday on
Monday 11 April
Frank Brabant, Wiesbaden art collector and patron, bearer of the Goethe Plaque of the State of Hesse (84);
Herbert Hunkel (independent), outgoing mayor of the city of Neu-Isenburg (77);
Hildegard Schuster, President of the Landfrauenverband Hessen, Friedrichsdorf (68);
Rudolf Kriszeleit (FDP), Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Schader Foundation, Darmstadt, former State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Justice (67);
Lucia Puttrich, Hessian Minister for Federal and European Affairs, District Chair of the CDU Wetterau (61);
Rowald Hepp, former manager of the Schloss Vollrads winery, Oestrich-Winkel (60);
Gottfried Milde, Spokesman for the Board of Management of the Hessen Economic and Infrastructure Bank, Offenbach, Chairman of the CDU Darmstadt-Dieburg (59);
Max Rempel, Managing Director of the Frankfurt Media Group,
Editor-in-chief of the Frankfurter Neue Presse (43);
Motsi Mabuse, professional dancer, dance judge, German champion in Latin American dances, Eschborn (41).