2024 Author: Eric Donovan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:13
With Berlin, Hamburg and Munich only three cities are vying for the IAA. After the end of Frankfurt, the FDP is calling for the mayor to resign.
After the end of the prestigious car show, the Frankfurt fair is looking for a replacement. With the vote against the Main metropolis, the industry decided on a “complete new beginning”, said managing director Uwe Behm on Thursday.
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Now you have to look for alternatives. "At Messe Frankfurt we are now free to fill the available, highly attractive time slot with other lucrative events," said Behm. He thanked the City of Frankfurt and the State of Hesse, who had campaigned for the IAA to remain on the Main.
IAA since 1951 in Frankfurt / Main
The International Motor Show IAA has been held in Frankfurt since 1951 and, along with the book fair, is one of the most prominent industry shows on the Main. On Wednesday evening, the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) made a pre-selection from seven German applicant cities and decided against Frankfurt in the first round. Berlin, Hamburg and Munich remain in the running. The decision for the new location should be made in the next few weeks.
The last IAA edition last year is considered a failure with a number of visitors. Only 560,000 visitors came to the exhibition - in the previous year it had been 810,000. In addition, there has been a lot of criticism that the automotive industry relies too heavily on fuel-guzzling, heavy models such as SUVs. The VDA wants to transform the fair into a driving force behind new mobility concepts.
Criticism of OB Feldmann
In addition to the economic department head Markus Frank (CDU), Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD) and Hesse’s Transport Minister Tarek Al-Wazir (Greens) had campaigned for Frankfurt. Feldmann himself had criticized the IAA, however, at which he was not allowed to speak a greeting after his presentation in September 2019.
After the end for Frankfurt, Hesse's FDP leader Stefan Ruppert has called for Feldmann (SPD) to resign. The end of the IAA is a fatal signal for Frankfurt and the entire Rhine-Main area, said Ruppert on Thursday in Wiesbaden. "Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann is responsible for this development together with the state government."
Feldmann has deliberately snubbed the organizers and clearly showed that he, as head of the city of Frankfurt, does not value the fair, criticized the party leader. "A mayor who severely damages the image of his city, deliberately destroys jobs and causes gigantic financial damage, is no longer acceptable in such a responsible office." The IAA shutdown is not a political marginalia, but a hard blow for the automotive industry Hesse, warned Ruppert. "Accordingly, we consider personnel consequences to be necessary." Feldmann had criticized the event, at which he was not allowed to say a greeting after his presentation in September 2019. (AG / dpa)
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