By Peter Tiede, Carl-Victor Wachs and Frank Schneider
Berlin is heading towards a CDU/SPD government – and one man is already being hotly traded as a new member of the government!
Dieter Romann (60), chief of the federal police, is to become the new interior senator!
According to BILD information, CDU election winner Kai Wegner (50) definitely wants to bring Romann to the capital. And thus also send a clear signal: No more chaos, chaos and clan crime!
Romann has been President of the Federal Police Headquarters since 2012. He became known because in 2015 he spoke out against Angela Merkel’s refugee policy (69, CDU) and for border closures.
Even now, Romann is dissatisfied with the policy of the traffic light government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (64, SPD). It is said from his environment: He would like a job in which he can actively ensure real safety again.
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Rainer Wendt (65), head of the German police union, to BILD: “That would be a great loss for the police and winning the lottery for Berlin.”
Already in the 2021 election, Romann was CDU man Wegner’s preferred candidate and should support him in the election campaign. At the time, Romann didn’t want to, saying: “I’ve been very happy to be a federal official for decades and have no intention of changing.” That has now changed.
Exciting: CDU leader Friedrich Merz (66) actually wanted CDU politician Burkhard Dregger (58) for the role – but Romann knows the police better, and that was Wegner’s most important thing.
Berlin is a clan stronghold! Wegner and his CDU have declared war on the clans. During the election campaign, he first had a yellow Lamborghini with bullet holes glued on placed in Neukölln’s Hermannstrasse in a way that would attract the public – and then had it towed away. A sign of determination in the fight against clan crime in Berlin.
As BILD learned, the outgoing head of state Franziska Giffey (44) had flirted with the interior department. Even when she was mayor of Neukölln, her motto was to enforce law and order. Now Giffey reportedly wants to build a super ministry.
The Berlin CDU has not yet commented on the BILD request. The federal party also left the personal details on request without comment because they did not want to get involved in ongoing coalition negotiations.