Hesse Minister-President Boris Rhein Calls City-scape Debate Essential After CDU Setbacks

Boris Rhein asserted that the conversation about the cityscape constitutes a genuine debate that needs to produce actionable lessons, especially after the CDU suffered losses in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin. He emphasized that migration policy remains unresolved, though progress has been made, and highlighted challenges related to immigration into social systems and crime involving migrants. Rhein criticized attempts to hide these issues behind a "firewall" and called for open discussion using moderate language.

He rejected extreme proposals and remigration fantasies, insisting that only Christian democracy can address these complex questions. The remarks tie urban planning discourse to broader political strategy within the CDU.