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does a mayor make himself susceptible to blackmail if he comes to an agreement with the "last generation"? Can the Catholic Church ever atone for its guilt? What does Fraport AG want if it wants to emit less carbon dioxide? Lots of questions. Why they turn themselves in: This is in our evening overview with names and news from the region.
Jacqueline Vogt
Head of the Rhein-Main editorial department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Shame about a disgrace: "Several times the descriptions were deeply frightening for me as a Christian and human being." In a press conference on Wednesday, Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz commented on the results of a study on sexual violence in the diocese of Mainz. Kohlgraf also addressed his predecessor, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, who died in 2018, who was long chairman of the German Bishops' Conference and, according to the study, had repeatedly doubted the systemic responsibility of the Church and the diocese for acts of abuse. Markus Schug reports and comments.
Marburg mayor on the defensive: After the Hessian Minister of Economic Affairs Tarek Al-Wazir (The Greens), state Justice Minister Roman Poseck (CDU) criticized activists of the group "Last Generation" on Tuesday. Poseck had also sharply opposed agreements such as those between the activists and Marburg Mayor Thomas Spies (SPD). He had announced that he would support the group's demands, in return for which he had been assured that there would be no further protests and gluing actions in Marburg for the time being. On Wednesday, Spies defended himself against criticism from the justice minister for having made himself susceptible to blackmail and undermining democracy. Thorsten Winter reports, Matthias Trautsch comments.
Acting for the climate: This is what Fraport AG, the operating company of Frankfurt Airport, wants to do, in the actual and, as always with this topic, in a symbolic sense. Within the next seven years, CO2 emissions are to be more than halved from the current 116,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes per year. So far, 75,000 tons in 2030 were the goal. Before the outbreak of the corona pandemic, the record year 2019, emissions at the airport were 170,310 tonnes of carbon dioxide. However, if one adds the emission of air traffic, it was 1.75 million tons at that time. After all, a good 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions at Frankfurt Airport come from aircraft. Jochen Remmert has written down more on this topic.
And in addition, more than 44 high-quality vacuum cleaners worth around 800,500 euros were stolen from a truck parked on the highway 000 in the district of Kassel on Wednesday +++ civilian investigators arrested a suspected dealer in downtown Frankfurt when he hid drugs in hydrant covers +++ On Wednesday, the Federal Prosecutor's Office arrested a Syrian in Wiesbaden, accusing him of membership in the foreign terrorist organizations Ahfad Al-Rasul Brigades (AR) and Islamic State (IS).
Kind regards from the editorial team
Jacqueline Vogt
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The weather for Thursday
The sky is grey and it rains intermittently. Hardly any loosening. Maximum temperatures in the afternoon around 14 degrees.
Birthday on
Thursday, March 9
Ernst Gloede, Honorary President of the Wirtschaftsclub Rhein-Main, Frankfurt (89); Wolf Singer, former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, founding director of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, recipient of the Plaque of Honour of the City of Frankfurt (80); Frank Kaufmann (The Greens), member of the Hessian Landtag (75); Erich Liessmann, alias Jean Frankfurter, pop composer living in Glashütten (75); Anne Janz (The Greens), State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs (65); Michael Erhardt, First Representative of IG Metall in Frankfurt (60); Wilhelm Wolf, President of the Frankfurt Regional Court and President of the Hessian State Court, Wiesbaden (57); Alexander Seitz, President of the Hessian Higher Social Court, Darmstadt (56); Christel Sprößler (SPD), head of the social department in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, former mayor of Roßdorf (55); Oliver Kornhoff, Director of the Museum Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden (54); Thomas Meckel, Rector of the Sankt Georgen School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt (42).
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