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Viewing cable 08FRANKFURT236, Hesse Election Update: Opposition Gaining, CDU Slipping in

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08FRANKFURT236 2008-01-24 13:56 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Frankfurt
VZCZCXRO0236
OO RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHLZ
DE RUEHFT #0236 0241356
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 241356Z JAN 08
FM AMCONSUL FRANKFURT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4470
INFO RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS FRANKFURT 000236 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/AGS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL GM
SUBJECT: Hesse Election Update: Opposition Gaining, CDU Slipping in 
All-Out Battle 
 
REF: Frankfurt 0124; Berlin 0022 
 
Sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 
 
1.  SUMMARY. As it enters its final stage, the increasingly fierce 
and bitter Hesse state election has become a referendum on the 
polarizing figure of Minister President Roland Koch.  Despite the 
campaign's intense focus on one person, victory or defeat on January 
27 will shift momentum for the national parties as they eye the 2009 
federal election.  Once badly behind, the opposition SPD is now in a 
statistical dead heat with the ruling CDU, whose controversial 
campaign strategy appears to have backfired.  All eyes are on the 
Left Party, who may enter the parliament, making it more difficult 
to form a government.  END SUMMARY. 
 
KOCH HITS HARD, THE OPPOSITION HITS BACK 
---------------------------------------- 
2.  Political issues have been pushed to the side in the run-up to 
the January 27 Hesse state election, as the campaign has evolved 
into a referendum on controversial Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 
Minister President Roland Koch.  Having set off a firestorm of 
debate with his campaign against violence by juveniles of foreign 
origin, Koch has emboldened the embittered opposition, who 
increasingly characterize him as a demagogue and a scoundrel and 
have enjoyed a bounce in the polls at his expense.  CDU campaigners 
told Pol Specialist that the campaigning has become increasingly 
nasty, as election posters are vandalized and foreign-looking 
campaign workers are insulted on the streets. 
 
3.  The CDU launched an aggressive campaign against Social 
Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Andrea Ypsilanti, alleging that she 
would, if elected, form a leftist coalition with the Green and Left 
parties and destroy the economic achievements of the Koch era. CDU 
campaign posters in Frankfurt read: "Stop Ypsilanti, Al-Wazir (Tarek 
Al-Wazir, leader of the Green Party) and the communists," a slogan 
that the opposition argues highlights the foreign last names of its 
leaders and stirs up fears of an extreme left government.  Ypsilanti 
and Al-Wazir have ruled out a coalition with The Left Party and said 
that they could personally not forgive Koch for his campaign, with 
Al-Wazir refusing at one point to shake Koch's hand. 
 
PARTY HEAVYWEIGHTS ENTER THE FRAY 
--------------------------------- 
4. The polarization of the election campaign has raised the profile 
of the Left Party, whose fate may play a determining role in the 
election.  The latest polls put both the CDU and the SPD at 38%, the 
Free Democratic Party (FDP) at 9%, the Green Party at 7% and the 
Left Party at 5%.  If the Left Party achieves 5%, it will enter the 
parliament, making a SPD-Green or CDU-FDP government impossible. 
Each side has dug in, with the FDP backing the CDU in warning 
against a "turn to the left" and SPD national leader Kurt Beck 
ruling out a CDU-SPD coalition in Hesse.  In a separate poll, 43% of 
voters still claim to be undecided. 
 
5. Recognizing the importance of the race, current and former 
national political leaders have entered the election debate.  There 
have been strange twists, such as former Chancellor Gerhard 
Schroeder (SPD) calling Koch a "weird man" and former federal 
Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement (SPD) turning on his own party 
and advising against voting for Ypsilanti because of her 
anti-nuclear energy program.  In an interview, former Chancellor 
Helmut Kohl (CDU) spoke up for Koch, while former Foreign Minister 
Joschka Fischer (Greens) made a rare appearance since his retirement 
from politics in 2005, speaking at a party rally in Wiesbaden. 
Current national party leaders including Chancellor Angela Merkel 
(CDU) have also hit the campaign trail, making frequent press 
statements and public appearances. 
 
6. COMMENT: When the dust finally settles, Hesse will still need a 
government and compromise will be necessary.  If neither a SPD-Green 
nor CDU-FDP majority is possible, both sides will need to overcome 
the bitterness of the last month and make tough choices that go 
against the promises they have made to the voters.  On the national 
level, CDU and SPD politicians will have to return to the business 
of running the Grand Coalition, after a month of aggressive 
campaigning.  While the 2009 national election may not feature a 
polarizing figure like Roland Koch to stir up the debate, the Hesse 
campaign has already exposed the fault lines between the national 
parties that will most likely only deepen as the parties position 
themselves in the run-up to the national vote.  END COMMENT. 
 
7.  This cable was coordinated with Embassy Berlin. 
POWELL