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FCB Patriarch Hoeneß ennobles Merkel and Söder - and scolds others: "None of us can be responsible"

2020-04-28T10:20:24.259Z


Uli Hoeneß speaks in the Corona crisis about the debate about easing the initial restrictions. Angela Merkel and Markus Söder get a lot of praise. The honorary president of FC Bayern Munich has a clear message for critics of the measures.


Uli Hoeneß speaks in the Corona crisis about the debate about easing the initial restrictions. Angela Merkel and Markus Söder get a lot of praise. The honorary president of FC Bayern Munich has a clear message for critics of the measures.

  • Loosening in the corona crisis * ? Uli Hoeneß joins the debate.
  • The honorary president of FC Bayern Munich * praises Angela Merkel, Markus Söder and Jens Spahn .
  • The honorary president of FC Bayern Munich has a clear message for critics of the measures .

Munich - The Allianz Arena * in Munich is still his home today. But Uli Hoeneß, Honorary President of FC Bayern Munich *, was never foreign to the political stage

For example, the former national player and football manager who lives on Lake Tegernsee likes to comment on socio-political issues.

The 68-year-old Swabian is doing the same now, on the coronavirus pandemic in Germany , and on the demands for relaxation of the exit restrictions .

Corona virus in Germany: Hoeneß praises Merkel, Söder and Spahn

"I think that Chancellor Angela Merkel, Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and Minister of Health Jens Spahn are doing a sensational job. I completely share the opinion of this group, I can totally identify with their reserved policy, ”explained the FC Bayern patron in an interview with the kicker .

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Chancellor and retired soccer boss: Angela Merkel (left) and Uli Hoeneß.

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Protective measures such as face masks * are expressly welcomed by the football official, while he  obviously cannot understand the demand for far-reaching relaxation of the exit restrictions in the wake of the corona pandemic * .

Corona crisis in Germany: Uli Hoeneß criticizes supporters of easing

"I would also be very happy if some opening and relaxation fanatics, who are currently not doing so well in the opinion polls, would take a little more back," said Uli Hoeneß * clearly: "It cannot be that for a week or two more fun even one more person dies. None of us can answer for that. ”It seems clear to whom he meant it: especially NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU).

Hoeneß is said to have a good relationship with both Söder and  Merkel . In public appointments at the Bavarian State Chancellery, CSU politician Söder and the soccer boss have been happy to be in the past. 

Uli Hoeneß and Angela Merkel: Chancellor expressed "high respect"

And in 2014, Prime Minister Merkel (CDU) publicly expressed "high respect" for the decision by the FC Bayern maker to accept the prison sentence for tax fraud and not to go into revision.

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* merkur.de and tz.de are part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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