Paukenschlag in Saarlouis: After post via Friedrich Merz – District Councillor leaves office as District Returning Officer

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Paukenschlag in Saarlouis: After post via Friedrich Merz – District Councillor leaves office as District Returning Officer

Just a few weeks before the Bundestag election, the district of Saarlouis has been hit by a political timpani. After a critical post by the Saarlouiser Landrat Patrik Lauer (SPD), the CDU sees its duty of neutrality as a district Returning Officer violated. There follows a complaint, an apology and a withdrawal.