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Empty words (symbolic image): In autumn – according to our forecast – the argument about zombie topics that have been declared dead will enter a new round
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Help, here we go again! When Daniel Kehlmann recently wrote a plea against wearing masks, one had to look at the release date in amazement: Was it really summer 2022 or not April 2020? Debates are important, societal changes have to be discussed. But with many topics one increasingly has the feeling that everything has already been said. And that too from everyone.
But there seems to be no escape from the eternal cycle of outrage. In order to get you in the mood for a horrible autumn of debates, we have thought about which zombie topics will occupy the German-speaking media up to Christmas.
5.9.
The British politician Liz Truss is elected by the members of the Tories as the new party leader and thus indirectly also as British Prime Minister.
The first thing she announced was the immediate abolition of broadcasting fees.
Tweet from "WeltN24" editor-in-chief: "I <3 Liz Truss"
16.9.
Editor-in-chief Roger Köppel and freelance author Matthias Matussek travel to Berlin for the »Weltwoche« to interview Julian Reichelt.
Title: "Germany's bravest YouTuber".
25.9.
documenta 15 ends.
The »Bild« demands the cessation of public funding for the exhibition or the submission of all works to be exhibited in the future for examination by the art expert Dr.
Mathias Döpfner (»Owner of one of the leading collections of female nude paintings in Germany«, »New York Times«) .
28.9.
At its meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, PEN International does not recognize the newly founded PEN Berlin as the official representative of the Writers' Union.
PEN Berlin Co-President Deniz Yücel then insulted PEN International as a fish sandwich stand and resigned from his post.
29.9.
The poet Nora Gomringer writes in the »FAZ« why she is leaving PEN Berlin.
30.9.
The author Nora Bossong writes in the »FAZ« why she is joining PEN Germany.
1.10.
The »FAZ« brings a correction note that they confused the authors of the exit and entry letters.
Russia invades Georgia.
2.10.
Lars Eidinger gives an interview to Deutschlandfunk in which he admits that until recently he didn't know Georgia was an independent state.
In any case, he was in favor of the Georgian government returning to the negotiating table.
4.10.
The Greens are calling for a no-fly zone over Georgia.
With "Markus Lanz", party leader Ricarda Lang has to listen to harsh criticism from the "Layla" duo DJ Robin & Schürze.
6.10.
Sahra Wagenknecht tweets that the insane war against Russia must stop immediately.
7.10.
Georgia surrenders.
"Layla" leads to heart attack
8.10.
In an open letter in Die Zeit, a group led by the writer Juli Zeh called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to put pressure on Ukraine to surrender as well.
The example of Georgia showed how many lives would be saved as a result.
12.10.
»Die Welt« has its annual artist edition designed by JK Rowling.
19.10.
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens with a greeting from CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz on freedom of expression and its greatest threat (“Censorship culture, which in Anglo-Saxon parlance is also called 'Cancel Culture'”).
At the subsequent opening party, Merz can be seen dancing with Lisa Eckhart to »We Are Family«.
Since the prices for paper have become unaffordable due to the Russian war of aggression, no publishers are represented at the fair this year, only popular twitterers like Don Alphonso.
Tweet from "WeltN24" editor-in-chief Ulf Poschardt: "I <3 Don Alphonso"
30.10.
DJ Robin & Schürze appear for the 15th time in a row with »Layla« in the ZDF »Fernsehgarten«.
While clapping along happily, a pensioner in the audience suffers a heart attack.
4.11.
In the "Welt" appears a guest contribution by five scientists on the "Fernsehgarten" program: "Late sexualization of pensioners: How ARD and ZDF indoctrinate our seniors".
7.11.
Trial opened in Moscow against the »NZZ« for publishing a »slanderous and insulting« caricature of President Putin.
»NZZ« Editor-in-Chief Eric Gujer is present in person.
He was sentenced the same day and taken to the same prison where Alexei Navalny is being held.
8.11.
The »NZZ« (German edition) is headlined: »Speed limit: will the left-wing culture fighters finally prevail?«
11/15
PEN Kreuzberg is founded.
11/17
The new book by political scientist Ulrike Guérot is published.
In the evenings she is the only guest at »Markus Lanz«.
18.11.
On the InfraRot YouTube channel, Guérot explains what was not said in the interview with Lanz.
19.11.
In his podcast with Richard David Precht, Lanz tells what was not said in the interview with Guérot.
23.11.
After the end of the 9-euro ticket and the departure of numerous punks, sales on Sylt collapsed.
In order to win back the colorful guests, scene restaurateurs are starting a funny Instagram campaign: Friedrich Merz takes a tour of the island in his private plane and leaves vapor trails in the shape of a heart.
Every editorial office in Germany sends a reporter to be there live on site.
3.12.
Next low blow for Sylt: Federal Minister of Economics Christian Lindner gets divorced on Helgoland.
Because of possible independence, his ex-wife Franca Lehfeldt is no longer allowed to report on federal politics for the TV station "Welt".
5.12.
After numerous solo tweets, Lehfeldt gets a new job.
She is now responsible for FC Bayern Munich at »Bild«.
9.12.
»Young Black Women«, the new book by Sophie Passmann, is published.
13.12.
"NZZ" editor-in-chief Gujer was released after Soyeon Schröder-Kim prayed for him in her hotel room not far from Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral.
24.12.
christmas eve
Encouraged by the Scientific Freedom Network, ARD and ZDF are not showing the Federal President's Christmas speech, but a lecture by biology doctoral student Marie-Luise Vollbrecht on the subject of why there is only one God in Christianity.
