Violent protests against the federal government's corona policy kept Germany in suspense at the weekend. Health Minister Jens Spahn also felt the anger at the same time.
- Corona protests in Berlin sparked unrest over the weekend - also because of an incident at the Reichstag.
- But Health Minister Jens Spahn also felt anger from Corona opponents.
- Apparently, the CDU politician was even spat at during an appearance in the municipal election campaign in NRW.
Bergisch-Gladbach - An attempted "storm" on the Reichstag building caused horror in Berlin at the weekend - but the tense mood in parts of the population apparently also felt Jens Spahn (CDU) on Saturday .
The health minister was for information of the Cologne Express in the Westphalian city of North Rhine-Bergisch Gladbach so-called corona opponents bepöbelt and spat upon - it wants the tables have learned from eyewitnesses. Youtube videos of the event show at least turbulent scenes and an exasperated Spahn.
Jens Spahn: Date before NRW local elections escalated - ministers whistled and spat at
According to the report, Spahn was on the way to the local elections in the state *. The CDU politician wanted to support his party friend Christian Buchen in the mayor election campaign * . But the mood in the district town was evidently irritable: the location of Spahn's appearance had already been relocated because the “security situation” for the minister had changed, they say - from the pedestrian zone to a closed hall. The CDU association Rhein-Berg confirmed this on its homepage.
I take my hat off to @jensspahn who shows what democrats are all about. pic.twitter.com/1TXd8K92Bf
- Daniel Cremer (@DanielC_BILDde) August 30, 2020However, according to Express, Spahn wanted to face the conversation with critics of the corona policy after the appearance on the central Konrad-Adenauer-Platz . It then came to the verbal attacks - and spitting.
The minister indirectly confirmed the incident to the Rheinische Post . Discussions were politics, he told the newspaper. “But they only work if both sides are willing to listen. But if there is screaming, spitting and bullying, unfortunately it just doesn't work. "
Jens Spahn in the Corona crisis: Minister reaps whistles after appearing in Bergisch Gladbach
The local CDU did not report such drastic situations . However, the local association also stated that Spahn had received massive displeasure with his offer to talk. Spahn had "only received whistles and incomprehensible slogans as an answer". The minister broke off his appearance with the words “no conversation then” .
Spahn told the Rheinische Post that he wanted to keep the dialogue. “We have to seek conversation and dialogue with those who are dissatisfied with our Corona policy. Because we only stay together as a society when we talk to one another. "
Corona demos: Spahn comments on Berlin - "deeply disaffected and also unpatriotic"
The Minister of Health also commented on the demonstrations in Berlin on Sunday . "It was profoundly disloyal and also unpatriotic not to wear masks, not to maintain a distance and thus to endanger others," said Spahn of the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Stuttgarter Nachrichten, referring to the incidents. The breakup of demonstrations is "no reason to be happy" for Democrats. "But it is right that the police intervene when too many demonstrators in Berlin apparently did not care about the freedom and health of their own fellow citizens."
Meanwhile it became known that a Bavarian constitutional judge was also present at the rally in front of the Reichstag. Spahn is also present as a duo with Armin Laschet in the struggle for the CDU chairmanship - still party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer warned the candidates in the ZDF summer interview. ( fn / dpa ) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network .