Overview
- Multiple CDU members confirmed Sievers has applied, and the newspaper says it has his letter stating he held many conversations and thought intensively before deciding.
- According to comments he gave to NDR reported by HNA, Sievers says he has long been a CDU member, and the party is expected to announce its candidate in early March with no internal rival reported.
- The nomination meeting is scheduled for March 5 in Eldagsen, where CDU members will vote on whether to put him forward as their candidate.
- If selected, he would join SPD’s Brian Baatzsch and independents Andreas Plattner and Andreas Frädermann in the September 13 municipal election.
- Sievers is a former Hannover 96 goalkeeper and longtime coach linked to the club’s 1992 DFB-Pokal triumph, and local reports say he has returned to live in the Springe area while incumbent Christian Springfeld does not plan to run again.