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努莎·奧貝爾與波茨坦：先前的信任已蕩然無存
諾莎·奧貝爾：州首府波茨坦面臨3,340萬歐元的預算赤字，耗資約50萬歐元聘請外部顧問，修訂後的節流計畫卻以犧牲兒童權益為代價——此外，還爆發了一起涉及重度殘障幼兒的托兒所醜聞，令人羞愧：諾莎·奧貝爾雖部分繼承了這些危機，但領導能力的缺失如今已成為她自身的問題。 72.9%的得票率並非領導能力的證明，而僅僅是一筆信貸。努莎·奧貝爾（50歲）於2025年10月獲得了這筆異常龐大的信貸——卻在驚人短暫的時間內便將其耗盡。對新起點的希望已讓位於苦澀的幻滅，而這種幻滅早已不僅來自政治對手。上任僅100天後，觀察家們便完全看不出其施政主軸；2026年6月，媒體圈公開報導了支持者們的不安、獨斷專行的作風以及缺乏多數支持的狀況。 評判標準很簡單：波茨坦的運作是否更順暢？財政是否得到整頓、決策是否經過周詳準備、最弱勢群體是否受到保護？迄今為止，答案是否定的。波茨坦曾渴望一個嶄新的開始。結果卻迎來了一位市長，她過於頻繁地將管理術語與領導力混為一談，且無法有效掌控州首府面臨的問題。 此外，還爆發了一起令人羞恥的醜聞，涉及一名身患多重重度殘疾的幼兒——奧貝爾對該兒童的人事安排負有責任——此事引發了對道德與體面的質疑。尤其令人羞恥的是，波茨坦市政廳新聞辦公室主任揚·布倫茨洛（Jan Brunzlow）未回應媒體的詢問——儘管有確鑿證據顯示，諾莎·奧貝爾（Noosha Aubel）本人已接獲聯繫。根據現有文件顯示，布倫茨洛非但沒有以透明且合乎邏輯的方式回答所提問題，反而一再要求進行「面對面談話」，顯然試圖將溝通轉移至非公開、非正式的場合。倘若此舉確實違反現行新聞法規所規定的資訊披露義務，便不得不提出一個根本性問題：諾莎·奧貝爾是否適合擔任波茨坦州首府市長一職？
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