The dispute concerns plans for the upcoming Potsdam Christmas Magic event: market stallholders at Bassinplatz were expected to have fewer days to trade during the Christmas market. The vendors were angered by the proposed reduction.
Potsdam Mayor Noosha Aubel acknowledged that the traders had not been sufficiently involved in planning the event. She apologized for what she called a “very unfortunate process.” The mayor shared the apology in her weekly blog post.
Aubel said she would conduct an internal review to determine how the city administration could prevent similar situations in the future. She also indicated that a solution was being considered, but did not specify changes to the trading schedule or an agreement with the vendors. The Tagesspiegel article is by Henri Kramer and marked 15:18.