Good evening, just before Christmas, would you like a little quiz? But please. Which of these former mayors of Frankfurt announced his return to politics on Monday? Volker Hauff? Andreas von Schoeler? Maybe Petra Roth? Or maybe Peter Feldmann? Pondering, pondering. Mr. Feldmann, of course. At ten in the morning he invited the journalists to his favorite café, Café Mozart on Töngesgasse, where he presented the new voter initiative “Frankfurt – social!” with which he would like to move back into the Römer in the local elections on March 15th. The new initiative also has themes, including more social benefits and a town twinning with a place in Russia. You have to come to that first. In his comment, colleague Rainer Schulze points out that Feldmann could not least harm his former party, the SPD, if the new initiative alienates voters. Of course, it could be that this is intentional.More on the topicAfter all: local politics is still made by people. For some other processes this is not so certain. At TU Darmstadt, a robot named Tiago is practicing moving nimbly in a kitchenette, and robotics researcher Georgia Chalvatzaki is confident that one day the journeyman will not only conjure up impeccable dishes, but will also be able to lend a hand as a caregiver. And wash up! We would particularly like that. And Barbara Schäder also introduces the new boss of the Opel main plant in Rüsselsheim +++ there is a telephone booth in a cemetery in Bad Homburg where mourners can retreat +++ the number of flu cases is increasing. We wish you an evening without coughs, runny noses and hoarseness. Your Manfred Köhler The weather for Tuesday Gray cloud cover, but mostly dry throughout the day. Highs around 7 degrees. Increasingly moderate north-easterly winds.Birthday is on TuesdayGordon Vajen, founder and director of the Frankfurter Theaterhaus, winner of the Karfunkel Children’s and Youth Theater Prize of the City of Frankfurt (72); Andreas Hübner, chairman of the Frankfurt patronage association for the municipal theaters (65); Günter Jertz, former managing director of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Rheinhessen, Mainz (65); Michael Köberle (CDU), district administrator of the Limburg-Weilburg district (60); Ursula Busch (SPD), parliamentary group leader in the Frankfurt city council (58); Holger Follmann, start-up representative of the Hessian state government, Wiesbaden (55).
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