Berlin (dpa/lsw) – After two years of a dry spell due to corona, the people of Baden-Württemberg held their traditional stable guard party again on Thursday evening. “We’re celebrating a bit more thoughtfully this year,” said Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) with a view to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. But it is also important in times of crisis to strengthen your own mental resilience, when freedom and democracy are literally under attack, he said when welcoming the around 1,400 guests who crowded under the roofs in the pouring rain in the garden of the state representation.
Kretschmann’s party friend Robert Habeck, Vice-Chancellor and Economics Minister, came to the Baden-Württemberg summer break, as did CDU leader Friedrich Merz. The Sauerland travels to Sylt on Friday to attend the wedding of FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner at the weekend. On the other hand, Ampel-Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) did not show up – he is said to have canceled because of Lindner’s wedding.
