The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder is more popular than ever. His crisis management during the Corona crisis seems to please people. Now there was juicy criticism.
- The corona virus * continues to run in Bavaria.
- Debates about the relaxation of current measures are getting louder and louder.
- The Bavarian Prime Minister records top marks in current surveys.
- Prime Minister Söder and Minister of Transport Scheuer have now received a lot of criticism regarding the receipt of breathing masks at Munich Airport.
The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has been guiding the Free State of Bavaria through the Corona crisis for weeks. Nationwide, his opinion as the current chairman of the prime ministerial conference is always in demand. He has achieved top marks in the polls since Corona - people seem happy with his work. However, an appearance at Munich Airport * has brought him a lot of criticism on social networks .
Coronavirus: Söder accepts cargo on breathing masks at Munich Airport
A Lufthansa cargo plane had brought eight million protective masks * from China to Germany. The Boeing 777F landed in Munich on Tuesday afternoon, the airline said. The machine had started in Shanghai on Monday and flown to Munich after a stopover in the South Korean capital Seoul. The masks were packed in 4000 boxes. The load had a total weight of 26 tons.
Munich Airport: Söder and Scheuer receive masks
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder, Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (both CSU) and Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr received the plane at Munich Airport. Because of the corona virus pandemic, there are currently massive bottlenecks in medical protective clothing. The pictures show how the Prime Minister and the Federal Minister of Transport receive the freight next to the Lufthansa aircraft. The politicians drove to the airport to pose for pictures in front of the cargo.
Many people rated this action as a pure PR coup and rated it as a staging on social networks as a “doer”.
Munich Airport: Söder and Scheuer have to take criticism
A user on Twitter , for example, describes the pictures as "courting for the voters' favor". Another goes even one step further: "How embarrassing is this shameless self-staging of Söder and Scheuer on the Munich runway?" "
How embarrassing is this shameless self-staging of # Söder and #Scheuer on the Munich runway?
is not an absolutist state! We have authorities and other responsible parties who procure and receive goods. No politicians have to do that. pic.twitter.com/ntngpmFCyZ
Munich Airport: Sharp criticism of Söder and Scheuer for mask reception
The users even draw a comparison to Donald Trump : “That is Trump's size. How embarrassing Mr # Söder, you don't need this self-presentation ... ". The tenor of many contributions is always the same, you see the action as a calculated PR action and perceive the images as pure staging. Söder's current survey values do not seem to show any negative trend at the moment.
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