Professor Stephan Bröchler only had 90 days to organize the 2023 Berlin elections with a small team
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Berlin When South Korean television also asked, it was too much even for Stephan Bröchler. No, Berlin’s state returning officer can no longer afford constant surveillance with cameras, not so close to the vote. Catalan television was already there, Dutch journalists and some from Austria. The world looks at Berlin, also looks at him, the 60-year-old professor of political science.
Bröchler must ensure that the repeat election on February 12, this Sunday, succeeds. It would be one of the biggest jokes in German history if the second vote failed after the historically botched first election. Such a story would be just too good for everyone who is just waiting for the next Berlin chaos. For Bröchler it would be the worst of all.
If things are even remotely similar to what they were back then, then we can in principle find an oasis in the desert and leave Germany. Rolfdieter Bohm, head of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district electoral office
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