Local elections are held in the Hamburg state on Sunday, just a week after the federal elections. The Social Democrats, at 9% AfD. It is perhaps a small “consolation” for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of the outgoing Chancellor Olaf Saltz, a week after his overwhelming defeat in the February 23 parliamentary elections: the SPD is expected to win again in the local elections. After all, the “Grand Port” is a traditional stronghold of the Social Democrats and has already made two Chancellors, Helmut Smith and Odf Saltz.

According to the latest polls, the SPD, candidate for today’s Hamburg Mayor Peter Chester, is ahead of 33%, in the second place is the Christian Democrats (CDU) with 18%, followed by the Greens with 17%. Die Linke shows a double -digit percentage with 12%, while the far -right “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) is limited to 9% and fifth. Outside the local parliament, the Liberals (FDP) and the new left -wing party “Sara Wagenknecht” (SWB) alliance (SWB) remain, as, according to polls, they do not exceed the 5% threshold provided by the electoral law on entry into Parliament.

New SPD and “Greens” alliance?

For 10 years, the Social Democrats with the Greens have been “ruling” in Hamburg. Peter Cedcher would like to continue in the same direction, so he said on Thursday’s latest election debt, shortly after the announcement of the results, he would seek to meet with Greens candidate Katarina Fenkbank. Outside the bridegroom, Christian Denis Tring candidate Denis Tring would stay in this case. He says his party does not in any way want to work with the Greens, but it would be open to the possibility of creating a “big coalition” with the SPD.

The top issues that concern voters and discussed in the election campaign are the extremely expensive rents in the city, the constant disruption of public works and the rushing traffic jams, as well as the integration of immigrants into the local labor market. According to the latest data, 250 new immigrants arrive in Hamburg each week, while temporary camps for their stay is already full by 95%. However, according to a recent poll, 59% of respondents appear to be satisfied with the work of Mayor Peter Chester and today’s SPD coalition and “greens”.