Police checked 1080 car drivers

In the night from Friday to Saturday the police stopped 1080 cars and noticed about 480 breaches. Most of the drivers had driven too fast, 14 are suspected to have taken drugs and 8 had drunken too much alcohol.

Dr. Michael Freytag CDU (photo: www.cduhamburg.de) 

Michael Freytag head of the local CDU is under political pressure. Once held in high regard, The party moderniser has come in for strong criticism within his own ranks.