Is the Oktoberfest 2020 in Munich facing cancellation due to the Corona crisis? Ex-OB Ude demands this and provides exciting arguments for a decision. A Oktoberfest host jumps up to him.
- The corona virus crisis has changed Munich, especially the city's calendar of events.
- Spring Festival, Auer Dult, Christopher Street Day are canceled, only those responsible for the Oktoberfest 2020 are still playing for time.
- Now Munich's ex-mayor Christian Ude has spoken out and pleads for a quick cancellation of the Oktoberfest. A Wiesnwirt sees it similarly.
Munich - This will perhaps be remembered most of all in this crisis by the people of Munich: Things that were unthinkable yesterday will already be reality tomorrow. Who would have seriously speculated publicly six weeks ago about the cancellation of the Munich Festival of All Festivals? And yet, meanwhile even OB Dieter Reiter and Prime Minister Markus Söder no longer seem to believe in an Oktoberfest 2020 - in whatever form. Even if they don't dare to say it openly.
Oktoberfest 2020 canceled soon? Ude speaks power word on the ARD
One who can do this and whose word has the greatest weight in Munich does it: Munich's former mayor Christian Ude (SPD) pleads for a quick cancellation of the Oktoberfest 2020 . Ude's strongest argument, which he makes in an interview in the ARD political magazine report Munich :
"Many Munich residents will not trust themselves, many critics will speak out violently. I would doubt whether that would be the Oktoberfest atmosphere that I appreciate so much. "
The foreign guests would also not come, Ude continues, because they were also scrupulous or, more likely, the travel restrictions still do not allow it.
That is why Christian Ude says on ARD about the Oktoberfest cancellation 2020:
"That should be clarified soon. You have to leave the church in the village and say we are very sorry, but this year it really doesn't work for reasons that are known all over the world. ”
Oktoberfest canceled soon? Oktoberfest host Michael Käfer agrees with Ude
And lo and behold: Even in the series of Oktoberfest hosts, Ude finds prominent support: Munich's delicatessen king and Oktoberfest host Michael Käfer agrees with Ude.
"The idea of a Oktoberfest light or similar considerations is of course attractive, but when you take a closer look it is unrealistic," he told the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) .
Oktoberfest canceled in Munich? Until recently, even Kekulé was optimistic
Others, on the other hand, speculate openly about exactly this kind of Oktoberfest light. Even the Munich virologist Alexander Kekulé , who became known through the coronavirus pandemic, does not rule out an Oktoberfest only for Munich residents and under strict security precautions.
Will the #Oktoberfest be canceled this year? Virologist Alexander # Kekulé doesn't believe in a #Wiesn as we know it - with tourists from all over the world and dancing on the beer benches.
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However, this quote is a little older. And as I said at the beginning: What is irrefutably true today can be wrong tomorrow.
This is also beginning to notice Munich's business consultant and therefore Wiesn boss Clemens Baumgärtner. The past few weeks sounded very confident. But on Friday he also said to tz that he could only imagine a Oktoberfest 2020 under very unusual conditions. For example, if a vaccine was suddenly found (which doctors expect in a year). Baumgärtner in the tz interview * about the Oktoberfest cancellation: "Without a vaccine, my imagination stops."
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