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Viewing cable 07FRANKFURT4996, Why Beck Stayed Home

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07FRANKFURT4996 2007-11-23 06:35 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Frankfurt
VZCZCXRO7517
RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHLZ
DE RUEHFT #4996 3270635
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 230635Z NOV 07
FM AMCONSUL FRANKFURT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3985
INFO RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS FRANKFURT 004996 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR GM
SUBJECT:  Why Beck Stayed Home 
 
 
Sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 
 
REF: a) 07 Berlin 2060, b) 07 Frankfurt 3223 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Kurt Beck 
has decided against taking the Vice Chancellorship left open by 
Labor Minister Franz Muentefering's surprise resignation (ref A). 
Beck will continue instead as Minister-President of the state of 
Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P).  In the view of observers in R-P, Beck's 
decision will allow him to deal with the current state party 
leadership crisis.  It may also put him a stronger position to 
campaign for the Chancellorship in 2009, since he will be insulated 
from the vicissitudes of coalition politics in Berlin. END SUMMARY. 
 
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Beck Stays outside the Grand Coalition 
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2.  (SBU) SPD Party Chairperson and Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister 
President Kurt Beck decided not to take a cabinet position in Berlin 
following the November 13 resignation of SPD Labor Minister and Vice 
Chancellor Franz Muentefering.  SPD contacts point to strategic 
advantages inherent in Beck's decision to remain in Rheinland-Pfalz. 
 As Minister President, he is outside of -- and independent from -- 
the Grand Coalition federal government and does not always have to 
express his support for decisions taken by the federal cabinet.  His 
immediate co-workers at the R-P State Chancellery also told Pol 
Specialist that Beck is used to being in a leadership role as 
Minister President, and would find it hard to be in a subordinate 
role under Chancellor Angela Merkel. 
 
3.  (SBU) Opposition figures predictably criticized Beck for not 
taking up federal office.  R-P CDU leader Christian Baldauf attacked 
Beck for being "overburdened" with his double duties as SPD leader 
and Minister President.  Hesse Minister President Roland Koch (CDU) 
told a local paper:  "It is impossible to influence politics as an 
outsider. This decisQn reflects a lack of courage to take on 
responsibility."  At the state convention of the Baden-Wuerttemberg 
CDU in Freiburg November 17, Bundestag members Thomas Bareiss and 
Gunther Krichbaum told Pol Specialist that they expect tensions 
within the Grand Coalition to increase, since Muentefering was 
always a reliable partner for Merkel. 
 
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Repairing Damage at Home 
------------------------ 
 
4.  (SBU) Another reason for Beck's decision, according to Post 
contacts, is the crisis in his own state cabinet.  Deputy Minister 
President (and Interior Minister) Karl Peter Bruch is accused of 
awarding a public relations campaign contract to a company owned by 
his son-in-law.  Bruch was a likely successor to Beck as Minister 
President and one of his only close confidantes.  Justice Minister 
Georg Bamberger is also facing criticism for allegedly violating 
hiring regulations in filling a position at the Higher Regional 
Court in Koblenz. 
 
5.  (SBU) Contacts in the R-P State Chancellery told Pol Specialist 
that there was significant relief there over Beck's decision.  The 
attacks on two cabinet members have damaged the image of the SPD 
government in R-P, which relies heavily on Beck's popular persona. 
An SPD caucus member told a local paper:  "If Beck leaves now, 
everything will collapse."  (Comment:  While some contacts in R-P 
speculate that Beck might lack the ambition to go to Berlin or be 
undecided whether or not to be the party's chancellor candidate in 
2009, his consolidation of power within the SPD and his performance 
at the October Hamburg national party convention seem to indicate 
the opposite.  End comment.) 
 
6.  (SBU) R-P SPD contacts told Pol Specialist they expect Bruch to 
step down in early 2008 to avoid further damage to Beck and the SPD. 
 The loss of such a close advisor would be a blow to Beck, who does 
not have an inner circle of supporters he could rely on if he were 
to assume federal office.  Beck also now needs to rethink his 
succession plan in R-P, with no clear candidate in sight. 
 
7.  (SBU) COMMENT:  While SPD contacts unanimously welcomed Beck's 
decision and saw it as a move that could strengthen his candidacy 
for the Chancellorship, some observers speculate that it may have 
drawbacks in the long run.  One local paper contrasted him with 
former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who left the Rheinland-Pfalz State 
Chancellery to become the CDU opposition leader in the federal 
parliament.  By deciding to remain in Rheinland-Pfalz, Beck may 
retain more independence, but at the cost of reducing his 
opportunities to reach out to a broader national audience.  END 
COMMENT. 
 
8.  This cable was coordinated with Embassy Berlin. 
POWELL