Scandal on the net: Altmaier falls on his feet at night tweet - "revealing"

In the middle of the night Peter Altmaier made derogatory comments about an FDP decision.

The minister may have tweeted that he was in dire straits - there is anger not only among the liberals.

• The FDP held its party conference on the weekend.

• The appointment does not make big headlines - but economics minister Peter Altmaier shot himself offside with a nightly reaction.

• Angela Merkel's head of department qualified the demand for lowering the voting age as “electoral aid for the Greens”.

  Now he is getting very fundamental and probing questions.

Berlin

- The

held its party conference on the weekend - the date was not good for big positive headlines.

But the Liberals could be comforted by a small side aspect: of all things,

put himself in a mess with an impulsive

to an FDP decision.

The outcry in parts of political Berlin is great.

In the room is the thesis that

has exposed himself in a sensitive area.

Peter Altmaier heavily criticized: nocturnal tweet about voting age becomes a boomerang

The occasion seemed banal: The

was delighted to share a party conference * resolution of his party with the Twitter community on Saturday - the FDP is now officially in favor of

At the federal level, voting has so far been possible from the age of 18.

Not a particularly groundbreaking process in itself.

In any case, because of their opposition role, the liberals have no chance of implementing such demands directly.

And whether the

will have a chance to form a coalition after the upcoming election - or even be represented in parliament - it seems open.

Altmaier still seemed to burst.

You are simply the best election workers for the Greens that one can imagine !!!

- Peter Altmaier (@peteraltmaier) September 19, 2020

"You are simply the best election workers for the Greens you can think of !!!",

replied

to Kuhles Posting - around 1 o'clock at night and including three exclamation marks, almost in the style of

.

The background to the statement is likely to be the disproportionate popularity of the Greens among young people, which has repeatedly been statistically proven - the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia recently provided corresponding data.

However, the question quickly came up: Should questions of the

really be measured by their effects on the election result?

Does a corresponding attitude express a dubious understanding of democracy?

Merkel's minister puts the CDU in the line of fire when it comes to voting rights: "I trust you to do it"

Unsurprisingly, Altmaier immediately received strong headwinds from the FDP.

"The fact that a German economics minister is only able to make such a flat statement explains a lot of the desolate economic policy," said the

.

And raised an even more serious accusation: "If older people would not vote for the CDU / CSU, would you coldly restrict the right to vote?" He asked rhetorically.

And gave a partial answer himself: "I trust you."

The Greens also countered.

Not with mockery, but with a hard scolding: “Regardless of whether #voting age or #voting rights reform: it's rarely about a better argument, but almost always about questions of power,” tweeted

: “In this respect, I am Mr.

#Altmaier grateful for his openness shortly before going to bed. "

The

had recently

struggled

for months to find a

.

Above all, the Union had alleged that the parties were primarily interested in their own benefit.

This time, too, the SPD joined the chorus of critics: "If only you had kept silent," recommended the

Altmaier: "Your tweet is unmasking".

spoke up with mockery - and, in an unusual way, received approval from the ranks of the FDP.

If you get little approval from a certain group of voters, then you can ...

a) withhold the right to vote.

b) try to convince them of yourself.

For a), whoever considers their own arguments to be mediocre will probably decide.

https://t.co/gwm4L8M6B8

- Kevin Kühnert (@KuehniKev) September 20, 2020

Use the right to vote for your own benefit?

Violent criticism of Altmaier - "MPs are always biased here"

Even in the

, some

did not

hold back

criticism.

referred discreetly to a several weeks old contribution of his own: "So it is up to the parties themselves whether they are successful with the young voters," it said.

The portal

spoke up very soberly, but in the judgment all the more clearly

. “This reaction from @peteraltmaier to the @ fdp decision on # Wahlalter16 shows: issues of electoral law are questions of power. MPs are always biased here, "it said in a tweet. The solution from the point of view of the leading association “Mehr Demokratie eV”: The

are better dealt with in a neutral “Citizens' Council” than with parliament - and, according to the subtext, better than with Altmaier. (

) *