Overview
- Green candidate Cem Özdemir and partner Flavia Zaka plan a February wedding described as taking place "in the smallest circle," with a larger celebration later this year.
- The civil ceremony will be held in Tübingen, where Mayor Boris Palmer is set to conduct the marriage according to the couple’s office.
- Palmer posted that winter weddings in Tübingen are common and that Saturday slots were long booked, countering assumptions about strategic timing.
- Multiple outlets report the date could be this Saturday, reportedly Valentine’s Day, though the couple has not confirmed the exact timing.
- A communications scholar warns the wedding coverage may displace policy debate and yield limited electoral benefit, and Zaka’s Canadian citizenship means she cannot vote in the state election.