Government - Special session of the state parliament next Wednesday
The Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament will hold a special session next Wednesday (December 6) to discuss the case of the critical letter from State Secretary Heike Raab (SPD) to SWR. At the request of the CDU and Free Voters parliamentary groups, the state parliament will then discuss the topic "Role and responsibility of the Minister President and State Chancellery in influencing the reporting of independent media" from 1 p.m., the state parliament announced in Mainz on Thursday.
Raab had sent a letter with an official letterhead from the state government to the Rhineland-Palatinate SWR state broadcasting director Ulla Fiebig. The letter concerned a broadcast on SWR television with a political correspondent from SWR, which also dealt with the political future of SPD politician Roger Lewentz, who had resigned as Rhineland-Palatinate's Interior Minister in connection with the Ahr Valley flood disaster. Opposition representatives see the letter to SWR as an inadmissible attempt to exert influence; there have already been calls for the resignation of Raab, who is one of the most important media politicians in Germany.
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- The CDU and Free Voters parliamentary groups in Rhineland-Palatinate's state parliament are pushing for a discussion on the influence of the government on independent media, sparked by a controversial letter from State Secretary Heike Raab (SPD) to the SWR state broadcasting director Ulla Fiebig.
- Stefan Raab, a well-known media politician, has been criticized for allegedly exerting influence over the SWR television broadcast about the political future of SPD politician Roger Lewentz.
- The special session of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament scheduled for next Wednesday (December 6) will focus on the role and responsibility of the Minister President and State Chancellery in affecting media reporting.
- The dispute over the influence of the government on the media has reached Mainz, the location of Rhineland-Palatinate's state parliament, and has attracted national attention, as opposition representatives have called for Raab's resignation.
- The SWR state broadcasting director in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate's capital, received a letter from State Secretary Raab regarding a controversial broadcast on SWR television, which dealt with the political future of SPD politician Lewentz.
Source: www.stern.de
