No way, someone wants to go high.
Uwe Becker is already at the top when he presents his program for the mayoral election on March 5th.
From the 37th floor of the Main Tower, even on this cloudy January day, you can see far across the city and see, for example, that hardly any roof supports a photovoltaic system.
"Almost everyone has potential for this," says the CDU candidate, who does not want to be accused of a lack of commitment when it comes to climate protection.
In 2030, the people of Frankfurt should only obtain electricity from renewable sources, with the help of geothermal energy, among other things.
Bernhard Biener
Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung
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The conference room at a height of 150 meters also fits well with Becker's thoughts on the attractiveness of the city centre.
"So far it's always been about the little things," says the former mayor and chamberlain.
Pop-up stores on the Zeil or a night market on the Roßmarkt were not enough in the long run.
Becker wants to think big and brings an "experience center" into play at the Hauptwache, for example with a musical house.
He makes it clear that these are ideas, not a finished concept.
"The City Stands Still"
Before his own election program, the 53-year-old Hessian State Secretary for Europe made the diagnosis: "The city is standing still, politics is paralyzed by disputes in the coalition." has, wants to remedy the situation.
Not as an opponent of the alliance of Greens, SPD, FDP and Volt and as the fifth political color that is fueling the dispute.
But as a moderator who gets the coalition to work.
"It's my way of bringing people together," says Becker.
He sees a successful example of how the parties worked together to vote Peter Feldmann (SPD) out of office.
He promises better cooperation between the mayor and the coalition of a different color than was the case with Feldmann under the opposite sign.
When it comes to the state of Frankfurt, the mayoral candidate stays on the ground.
Something is wrong with safety and cleanliness, the station district is the best example of this.
"The city is slipping away from the current coalition." In the event of an election victory, Becker wants to talk to the other department heads first about the distribution of tasks in the magistrate, the most important opportunity for influence of a directly elected mayor in Hesse - "I'm not threatening that".
The cleanliness department will be a top priority, just like the airport.
Becker wants to develop a master plan for the station district.
This included primarily offers of help such as the creation of a social and health center, sanitary facilities and day beds.
You have to react to the changed drug consumption caused by crack.
With an "exit orientation" the addicts should get a chance to escape the milieu.
More money for the schools
But also repression, a weapon ban zone and video technology were part of it, for example at Kaisersack, where the city police should be permanently accessible, says Becker.
Most recently, the CDU parliamentary group based itself on the experience in Zurich and wanted to tolerate trading in small quantities, which comes up against legal hurdles.
Becker has not yet decided on this question.
"There are arguments for and against."
The CDU candidate has repeatedly called for more money for the schools.
"It must not be that entire generations of students grow up in containers." He does not want to build housing in a new district in the north on the Autobahn, but as an extension of the districts.
When it comes to transport, Becker, as mayor, will find it difficult to work with the coalition, even if he prioritizes the expansion of local transport such as completing the rail ring around Frankfurt and expanding the cycle paths.
But Berliner Strasse shows that trying to drive cars out leads to a standstill.
Becker misses an active cultural policy
"It would have made more sense for this axis to turn Braubachstraße into a pedestrian zone with bicycle traffic." He rejects the closure of the Mainkai and wants to revive the earlier idea of a tunnel.
If necessary, he will intervene in these questions with the means available to a mayor.
Becker misses an active cultural policy and would promote a decision for the municipal theaters with the coalition.
Large trade fairs that have an impact on the city, such as the Book Fair and Light and Building, must be brought back.
Here, too, the candidate for mayor wants to think beyond the day and suggests a “Club of Frankfurt” based on the model of the “Club of Rome” in order to discuss the transformation and future of Europe.
With a view to the whole, the following applies: the balance between economic strength and social stability must not slip.
In his own words, Becker has the “best plan for Frankfurt”.