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- SummaryPress conference of the governing mayor Walter Momper (SPD) on the election defeat. Walter Momper comments on the SPD's results and election program. Before that short interview with Ditmar Staffelt (SPD) about the election defeat.
- ShotlistSchöneberg Town Hall, conference room: Cameramen set up, various shots; man OH sits sideways at the table and taps on typewriter keyboard; Man OH sideways sits at the table and smokes pipe; Camera teams; View over shoulder of man on notepad on table; Ditmar Lothar Staffelt (SPD state executive in Berlin) is interviewed in the corridor; Graduates OT to the question of what is discussed: "We discuss the election results, the causes of the election results and the necessary consequences..."; Staggered OT: "...I'm still nibbling on my election result in my constituency and on the total election result of the SPD for Berlin/ I don't think about posts and post postponements/ you should first concentrate on the contents/ if it can be led to a result, then in case of doubt you will also talk about functions and about which women and men in the SPD are taken into responsibility, but today that's much too early."; Graduates OT to the question whether it would be possible at all to go together with Diepgen: "Mr. Diepgen tried in the election campaign to get the REP voters back for the CDU/ he succeeded in a certain way/ he thinks that election campaign and real politics often do not have so much to do with each other/ one will have to examine in detail which points of contact there are/ which compromises one or the other party will be able to reach/ many details..."; Walter Momper approaches; Momper in the press pack; Momper answers journalists' questions snipily; Momper and Werner Kolhoff go up stairs (filmed from the front); Momper and Kolhoff enter conference room; pan over journalists on speaker's table; Momper goes to his place; Momper OT to defeat the election: "...bitter defeat/ decisive for the result have been the votes in the western part of the city/ voters have wanted to prevent that in whatever constellation, red-green at any rate will continue to be government / red-green has been clearly voted out as a form of government / has been shown in the election result, that Berliners are very open to the contents of a modern urban policy/ has continuously given majorities for ecological urban redevelopment, for a liberal domestic policy, but the appearance of the coalition has been decisive for the result/ controversy, confrontation, ambiguities...although things were decided, then the subsequent at least verbal questioning of decisions made once/ decisive for this mood and for the result is inability of the alternative list to support and make compromises, as is normal in democracy and even more so in coalitions/ it has been shown that in 19 months of government the alternative list has not developed into the ability to govern/ it has shown that it has broken the coalition at a point where it was necessary to take a stand on the question of violence in society also in practice.../ Behaviour of the Alternative List has dragged the Social Democrats down with it/ has also broken this result for the larger coalition partner/ also means socially that the red-green model is an expiring model .../ would like to remind you that after the election result of 29 January 1989 there was no other possibility after the CDU had left at that time .../ gratifying that the SPD in the eastern part of the city has remained stable/ frightening how high the PDS has remained .../ has also broken this result for the larger coalition partner / means socially that the red-green model is an expiring model .../ would like to remind you that after the election result of 29 January 1989 there was no other possibility after the CDU had left at that time .../ gratifying that the SPD in the eastern part of the city has remained stable / frightening how high the PDS has remained .../ Voters have given the CDU the task of forming a government and a majority/ SPD will not close its eyes to talks about this/ Social democrats are of the opinion that Berlin needs a stable government capable of action/ People must have confidence in the government, that the problems will be tackled/ SPD will go into talks with clear content guidelines, which in our opinion are indispensable and which the third of the voters who elected the Social Democratic Party clearly expect from us/ in particular the points of social housing construction and rent fixing for the eastern part of the city, but also the capping of the rent increase in the western part of the city.../ Continuation of the policy of ecological urban redevelopment, in particular transport policy/ As a third point, we continue to attach importance to a liberal domestic policy that pursues a policy of de-escalation of internal disputes/ at the same time a policy of integration of foreigners living in our midst/ social justice/ economic development and industrial structural policy that makes jobs secure, in particular in the eastern part of the city ... and preserves them/ Berlin's expansion as a seat of government as a service metropolis, including the Olympiad/ city also needs peace and quiet after the many elections/ the city's expansion as a service metropolis also needs peace and quiet after the many elections. has suggested that the Social Democratic Party is expected to hold a state party conference on Friday in order to discuss the issues of problem solving for the city..../ is expected to hold a party conference..."; Pan to camera teams and back; Momper answers journalists' questions; Momper OT: "...there is still no coalition/ after all experiences, first the factual questions, then the departmental questions and to the very last personal questions are always clarified/ as the loser of the election, I will stand my husband where my party places me/ it will decide that in the first place/ my own personal wishes have been even less significant in view of this election result than they were before:"; Momper OT to the consequences: "If it is true for the city that the city needs stability and a stable government, then it is also true for the social democracy/ now it is about the substantive questions that arise on the basis of this election result/ about the other questions that arise from it, will have to be discussed in due course. "; Momper OT on the question of whether there had been demands for resignation: "I didn't hear any..." Momper OT: "...as far as the contents are concerned, there has been no legal pressure in this city/ no conservative policy has been elected, but a certain government constellation has not been elected/ distinguishes the Berlin voters, I say this despite all the bitterness that feels about the result..."; Momper OT to game rooms: "...I didn't finish the coalition talks back then/ if there is room for manoeuvre and what room for manoeuvre there is, that's what the conversation is for, to sound it out/ I can't announce it here in advance, nor can I even say it meaningfully without talks."; Momper OT: "I do not want to blur what I consider to be the main reason for this election result/ of course there are also secondary aspects which have also played a role/ of course the general trend has not promoted the result for social democracy, but has burdened it..."; Momper OT to resign: "In due course, as usual, I will resign when the new House of Representatives meets, as will the Senate as a whole, what else? Momper OT to coalition talks: "...am not master of the proceedings/ are others/ am I speculative in any way...not due to me." Momper OT did not vote for conservative politics at the party convention in Berlin: "Election campaign has shown that not the contents have been the main point / is also shown by the fact that a recognizable part of the electorate has gone to the FDP / does not want to devalue decision, but that was probably not a decision in conservative direction / my assessment, which I know from opinion polls and the like, where the individual elements of Senate policy have found agreement ... / want a strong government in the time of uncertainty ..."; Editing: Writing journalist OH; cameraman filming; Kolhoff and Momper at the speaker's table; zoom on Momper OH; Journalists OH; Momper OH; Momper OT: "...party conventions on factions always evaluate the overall result of conversations...to want to predict this today would be incredibly presumptuous/ a question of content..."
- TagsElection; city politics; alternative list (AL); criticism; city politics; mayor; press conference (PK); mayor; Federal Republic of Germany (BRD); election defeat; German; SPD member; SPD member; SPD member; government; government coalition; election; Berlin election; alternative list (AL); alternative list (AL); alternative list (AL); alternative list (AL); alternative list (AL); alternative list (AL); government formation; government; housing; Senate (Berlin); Senate policy; Senate policy; December; disappointment; reunification; man; German; Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD);
- Decade1990
- Production Year1990
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- Actors
- PersonalitiesWalter Momper, Ditmar Staffelt, Werner Kolhoff
- Director
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- CameraMartin Flohr
- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A00AIWU
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