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Frankfurt Coalition Rearranges Magistrat as Greens Vote to Remove Diversity Chief

The CDU has nominated four magistrat candidates and the Greens have voted to oust Nargess Eskandari‑Grünberg, moves that are likely to be ratified by the coalition majority and reshape control of finance, building and diversity portfolios.

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Overview

  • The CDU Kreisvorstand has named four candidates for the hauptamtlichen Magistrat, including Susanne Serke as designated Stadtkämmerin and Nils Kößler as Bürgermeister, a slate the coalition plans to put to the city parliament after the summer break.
  • The Greens' membership voted on Wednesday to remove longtime Diversitätsdezernentin Nargess Eskandari‑Grünberg and to abwählen Kämmerer Bastian Bergerhoff as part of a three-person Green delegation reshuffle.
  • Under the Greens' plan Wolfgang Siefert will take the large Bau und Immobilien portfolio and Tina Zapf‑Rodríguez will assume responsibility for diversity issues and the Ausländerbehörde, concentrating major administrative duties in fewer hands.
  • The party decisions have provoked sharp internal and public criticism, prompted at least one local resignation, and raised concerns about representation given Frankfurt's high share of residents with migration backgrounds.
  • Procedural steps remain: the Stadtverordnetenversammlung must vote on abberufung motions in the coming days and the CDU quartet faces a planned vote in late August, with the coalition majority making the new configuration likely to pass.