Political Ash Wednesday: Robert Habeck, Markus Söder and Saskia Esken appear simultaneously - the parties watch each other and send camouflaged listeners.
- The political turmoil of the past few weeks has caused a lot of explosions on the political Ash Wednesday
- Especially the remote duel between Markus Söder and Robert Habeck is eagerly awaited
- In front of the Dreiländerhalle in Passau there will be a climate demo against the CSU
Passau - Recently Robert Habeck was able to see how much he struggled with the Bayern clichés. The Green Leader was a guest in the Upper Bavarian local election campaign and looked around questioningly. "Do you cheers Cheers?" He muttered to the group and raised a soft drink. "Skal," he said in Danish before sipping his Coke.
Habeck is the keynote speaker for the Greens on Ash Wednesday
Anyone who experiences Habeck like this, and his sometimes flowery-philosophical meandering through political appearances, can look forward to today with astonishment. Since the Schleswig-Holsteiner is the keynote speaker of the Greens for Ash Wednesday - can he? Beer diminutive and verbal rudeness are foreign to the 50-year-old . The Greens, who are reloading to Landshut, are not really in demand. He recently admonished politicians themselves to talk more about one another in a “tone of respect”.
Habeck's appearance in front of 600 guests is still exciting - a kind of remote duel can be secreted into it . The SPD federal chair Saskia Esken in Vilshofen speaks 95 kilometers, the CSU chief Markus Söder 120 kilometers in Passau . The style should be completely different. Part of the CSU ritual is to bring the hall to a boil if possible. It is one of the days on which Söder also wants to temporarily take off his father's attitude.
Söder will attack the Greens and stab Habeck
The CSU chairman wrote his speech himself, 20 pages by hand. Above all, he plans a hard demarcation from the AfD . A year ago, in Passau, he formulated his harshest sentence so far: "Return and leave the Nazis alone in the AfD," he called out to their voters. He will also attack the Greens and prick Habeck. "A philosophical lesson in eco-socialism" the CSU recently certified to the Greens. Söder probably only wants to drop a few tips on the power struggle in the CDU.
It is essentially the concept from the previous year, beer benches in front of, next to, behind the stage and the attempt to instill some atmosphere in the unadorned, cool hall. Nevertheless , Söder is more in focus , in 2019 he shared the stage with the top European candidate Manfred Weber. Unlike his predecessor, Horst Seehofer, who usually croaks and coughs, Söder likes the format very much. Also for positive messages: This year a clear commitment to Bavaria's farmers and to the cooperation between climate protection and the economy is planned.
"Ash Wednesday for Future" - demo against CSU in Passau
This time there are counter demonstrators of the “Fridays” movement in front of the Dreiländerhalle. "Ash Wednesday for Future" they christen their protest . Appearances with rap, samba and yodelling are planned, and angry slogans are circulating on the web: “You are running out of beer. The time for us. "Or:" Everyone can drink, apparently climate protection cannot. "
The other parties plan on a smaller scale. The FDP only has General Secretary Linda Teuteberg as a guest, the AfD the Berlin right wing Gottfried Curio, the left Gregor Gysi, the ÖDP the “Bee Desire” initiator Agnes Becker.
The parties watch each other, send camouflaged listeners - even the CSU and free voters among themselves. The coalition partners are monitoring whether they are talking too badly about one another despite the fact that local elections are close. FW boss Hubert Aiwanger says that Söder fortunately speaks to him: "Then I see what he has left for me in terms of laurels, and I can react to it." There would be "maybe a few teasing", "but will be a general settlement I do not make ".
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