Leaders

Dirk nowitzki gave national coach henrik rodl an encouraging pat on the back, while nba star dennis schroder trudged to the team bus in heavy frustration.

In front of the eyes of NBA legend nowitzki, the german basketball players were unable to win a strong comeback against france at the start of the world championships in china and are under direct pressure. The rodl team lost 74-78 (20:36) in shenzhen against the title co-favorites.

"He also said: "respect that we came back like that after such a start, you have to manage that first", the coach reported from his short chat with nowitzki, who honored the bearded frenchman evan fournier as player of the game as world championship ambassador.

Entering the cafe ezzilo in the BRK "live and work" etzelskirchen, you will meet there a busy young woman. Setting tables, cutting bread, pouring drinks – these are just a few of gabriele meier's tasks. She has trisomy21 and has been working in the service area of the senior citizens' facility for ten years now.

After finishing her schooling at the wilhelm pfeffer school in herzogenaurach, meier started work a good ten years ago as an employee at the benedikt munni workshop of the barmherzige bruder gremsdorf (brother of mercy). But it was clear to the young woman from the outset that she didn't want to work in production, she wanted to get out. Because contact with people gives her the most pleasure.

After an internship in a retirement home, it quickly became clear to her: "that's what I want to do!" How she got her so-called auben job at the BRK home in etzelskirchen. At that time, she was one of the first employees of the benedikt-menni workshop to find a job outside the core facility in an external company.

"It is a small sensation!", said SPD local association chairman jochen korner (redwitz) at the SPD’s nomination meeting for the municipal elections in the rosenau "hofbrau in marktgraitz: "there is a spirit of optimism here!" After the SPD local association of marktgraitz had been dissolved a decade ago, a list of members of the town council and, with nathalie grammon, a candidate for mayor was now being put up.

The nomination of the candidate for mayor nathalie grammon and the list of councillors were both unanimous. The SPD municipal council list is made up as follows: nathalie grammon (place 1), ivonne mahr (2), klaus knoop (3), stefan stumpf (4), josef sunkel (5), thomas schiller (6) and alexander ortleth (7).

Nathalie grammon introduces herself

Mayoral candidate grammon introduced herself as a native of bayreuth. Having grown up in a socially committed parental home, she first worked as a dental assistant after finishing secondary school and then went to the AOK in kulmbach, where she was also a team leader. Since november 2019, her new workplace is at the AOK in coburg.

"It is a new beginning for hesse in a political constellation that has never existed before," said CDU chairman and minister president volker bouffier at the first round of negotiations in wiesbaden. On 18. January sees the first meeting of the newly elected hessian state parliament.

The chairman of the green party, tarek al-wazir, defended the coalition pledge to the union, for which he is criticized by the SPD, the left-wing party, but also by parts of his own base. There had been a choice between a CDU/SPD coalition, which had changed nothing, and green government participation to achieve at least some goals. Whether the black-green coalition in hesse is a historical breakthrough will only be seen later. "There have already been historic failures," said al-wazir. "Neither of us has any plans to do that."

Bouffier entered the negotiations with his party deputy franz josef jung, outgoing parliamentary party leader christean wagner and several ministers. In addition to al-wazir and his co-land chairwoman kordula schulz-asche, the gruns include several deputies and local politicians. The main negotiating groups each pay eight members.

Brandenburg CDU leader ingo senftleben does not expect the grand coalition in berlin to be in office much longer.

He believes "that the state elections in the east will accelerate the disintegration of the groko," he told "tagesspiegel am sonntag". He cited the SPD’s situation as the reason: "there’s a vacancy at the top of the party, and there’s no scramble to fill it." With poor results in the state elections on 1. September in saxony and brandenburg further discussions broke out among social democrats. In thuringia, the 27th. October election of a new parliament.

The acting head of the SPD parliamentary group rolf mutzenich, on the other hand, sees the grand coalition as far from being at an end. The CDU/CSU and SPD still had enough points in the coalition agreement that needed to be worked on, he told the "rheinische post" (saturday) – such as the climate protection plan, the basic pension and the digitalization of the world of work. He would be happy to continue in government with the social democrats: "the role of an opposition member is not mine at all."

At the same time, the 67-year-old is receiving more and more support from his party colleagues. The debate about sexism in society is also in full swing on the internet. There, bruderle is also attacked for his allegedly attractive remarks to a "stern" female employee.

Aubenminister guido westerwelle (FDP) called on his party to show solidarity with its front man. For the man at the top, there is no more pardon among political competitors and "in some editorial offices". Development aid minister dirk niebel criticized "stern" journalist laura himmelreich, who had written the article. "I think it is quite impudent of the lady from the "stern" to write this article, who, after a year, having felt burdened, then, when someone takes over a new political function, processes this event," he said in the ZDF program "berlin direkt. "This has nothing to do with good journalism"."Waiting a year and then scandalizing speaks for itself.

Schleswig-holstein’s FDP faction leader wolfgang kubicki accused "stern" in the "bild am sonntag" of wanting to harm bruderle. But he advised him against taking legal action against the magazine. "As far as i can see, the article does not contain any false statements of fact."He wants to draw consequences for himself from the debate. For example, he would avoid speaking at hotel bars if female journalists were present. "Because naturally a loose and not successful remark slips out there already times. Now I have to expect that this will be used against me."