Bielefeld (dpa / lnw) – The FDP politician Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger would like to remain anti-Semitism commissioner under the new black-green state government. If this is desired by the State Chancellery, “I would be happy to continue this office,” she told the “Neue Westfälische” (Saturday). The development of anti-Semitism in North Rhine-Westphalia is “worrying,” said the former federal justice minister. “That’s why the task is getting bigger and bigger.”
The old CDU/FDP state government had actually planned that Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger should remain anti-Semitism officer after the election. However, the coalition no longer had a majority in the election. Now the CDU and the Greens are deciding who will fill the office. Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) had praised the work of the FDP politician shortly before the election as “outstanding”.
