Politicians use Ash Wednesday to attack each other. An event in Baden-Württemberg is canceled due to safety concerns.
Germany needs a strong center, but people are being driven to the left and right, AfD leader Katrin Ebner-Steiner said. Free Voters leader Hubert Aiwanger called on the traffic light government to turn around, saying it was “terribly wrong politics’. The Greens canceled their event with Federal Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir due to massive protests from farmers.