Friedrich Merz made an embarrassing mistake in the ZDF-heute journal. What was seen in the background during which he was interviewed is ridiculous.
- Friedrich Merz gave an interview on the subject of refugees in the ZDF-heute journal on Sunday.
- He made an embarrassing mistake that caused ridicule and malice on the Internet.
- What stood behind Merz during the interview is now putting the CDU politician in a fix.
Berlin - Placing sinfully expensive Prosecco in the background while talking on TV about how refugees can be helped locally in crisis regions - this is probably not a smart move. However, this happened on Sunday in the ZDF-heute journal when CDU politician Friedrich Merz * was interviewed about the current influx of migrants at the Turkish-Greek border and the situation in refugee camps on Greek islands *.
Friedrich Merz on ZDF: Expensive Prosecco during refugee talk in the background
While Merz talks to journalist Claus Kleber today about how much he is moved by the pictures of refugee children in Greece , there are several bottles of extremely high-quality sparkling wine on a mantelpiece behind him. A small 0.75 liter bottle should cost between seven and twelve euros, the large 3 liter bottle up to 60 euros, writes Bild.de.
Today's journalists were offered a Friedrich Merz surrounded by Prosecco bottles, who explained why one could better help the refugee children in Greece "maybe on the spot" instead of bringing them to Germany. There was a lot of ridicule on the net for this embarrassing TV breakdown . A Twitter user wrote: "This is really a blatant communication fail #MachtderBilder # Beginner's mistake #Merz" Another user summarizes the situation largely without comment and prefers to let the facts speak for themselves: "Friedrich Merz is in @heutejournal and talks about that you couldn't take in refugees and sparkling wine stands in the background for several 100 €, ”he writes.
Friedrich Merz is in the @heutejournal and talks about the fact that one cannot accept refugees and in the background is sparkling wine for several 100 € pic.twitter.com/1vWNTkNl05
- Philip Brechler (@plaetzchen) March 8, 2020Read also: The EU feared another refugee crisis, as last seen in 2015 *.
Friedrich Merz also gets tailwind from some Twitter users
However, the commentators who make fun of Merz also get one or two ironic comments . "How much did the TV cost?" Asks a user the Twitter user with the pseudonym "plaetzchen". "And couldn't you have donated the money better? “Another user also draws a critical conclusion about the turmoil surrounding the interview. "As long as you are reassured about the setting in which Mr #Merz is giving an interview, this country has no serious problems," he writes.
As long as you are excited about the setting in which Mr #Merz is interviewing, this country has no serious problems.
Mosquito ---> elephant
You know that.
Merz was in the noble Berlin tennis club 1899 blue and white during the interview, according to Bild.de. According to his spokesman, there was a fundraising gala . Merz 'employees actually had the bottles put away before the interview began. But that obviously didn't work. Because when the interview began, the cameraman is said to have changed the angle so that the Prosecco bottles were in the picture. The TV appearance was obviously quite wrong.
Also interesting: In the meantime, the refugee zoff continues in the federal government. However, on the night of Monday, the grand coalition decided to accept around 1,000 to 1,500 refugee children in Germany *.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.