Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 561-573

Journal: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen

Volume number: 47

Issue number: 3

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2016-3-561

Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

Abstract: 

In the campaigns prior to the election in Hesse in 2013 the expansion of the Frankfurt Airport was one of the dominating issues. It was also considered to be the main obstacle for the then emerging option of a coalition of the CDU and the Greens in Hesse. The compromise found between both parties on this issue was widely perceived as a concession of the Greens to their new partner in government. Especially the local protest groups against the airport’s expansion accused the party of treason with regard to election promises. Was the Green party really rewarded in the election for its anti-expansion-position, which if true would lend substance to the turnaround claim? The analysis of election and aviation noise data refutes the turnaround-thesis. Since the Greens did not benefit from the airport issue in the election, the alleged treason rather appears to be a de-bonding of the Greens from protest groups in- and outside of the party. The airport issue was less important as it seemed to be prior and after the election. Presumably it was this insight, which changed the cost-benefit ratio of the Greens in Hesse, finally opening the door to form the coalition with the CDU.

Harvard Citation style: Hornig, E. (2016) Der Ausbau des Frankfurter Flughafens - (k)ein Hindernis für die schwarz-grüne Koalition in Hessen?, Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 47(3), pp. 561-573. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2016-3-561

APA Citation style: Hornig, E. (2016). Der Ausbau des Frankfurter Flughafens - (k)ein Hindernis für die schwarz-grüne Koalition in Hessen?. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 47(3), 561-573. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2016-3-561