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Statement by SPD chairman Saskia Esken about her salary now causes horror

2020-05-16T20:58:57.651Z


A statement by Saskia Esken on Twitter is now causing outrage. It all started with a user asking about financing Andrea Nahles' diets.


A statement by Saskia Esken on Twitter is now causing outrage. It all started with a user asking about financing Andrea Nahles' diets.

  • Despite the corona crisis *, the SPD party leadership is comparatively quiet .
  • But now Saskia Esken caused a stir.
  • The politician is criticized after a statement on Twitter.

Berlin - The SPD leadership is actually relatively quiet at the moment. Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken are currently less in the spotlight than their party colleagues Olaf Scholz * , Karl Lauterbach or Peter Tschentscher * . Now Esken came into focus unintentionally - the 58-year-old causes outrage on Twitter

Saskia Esken: fuss over SPD boss - answer on Twitter causes outrage

Esken has triggered a lively debate with a statement about the remuneration of members of the Bundestag. The background is the discussion about the future payment of her predecessor and ex-party leader Andrea Nahles, who resigned last year and should become president of the Federal Office for Post and Telecommunications in the summer.

All in all, this item should be highly endowed. As the picture recently reported, Nahles should receive more than 10,000 euros per month. The Twitter user Michael Johansen therefore asked Esken on Thursday about the justification of the salary, which was "quite interesting". Because "I work in retail, for example, and use it to finance part of their diets."

Diets here refer to the so-called parliamentary allowances, also known as diet. In Germany, it has been EUR 10,083.47 per month since July 1, 2019. MEPs' salaries are financed entirely from tax funds.

Saskia Esken: fuss over Twitter answer: "Who is now financing whom?"

Esken's  short answer: “And I don't just pay taxes from it, I also buy from it every day. Who is funding who now? "

And I not only pay taxes from it, I also buy from it every day. Who is now funding whom?

- Saskia Esken (@EskenSaskia) May 14, 2020

Thereupon, a number of users indignantly pointed out to the new SPD leader that members of the Bundestag were not adding value and that their remuneration came entirely from taxpayers' money.

"No, Ms. Esken, you are not funding anything. That is at most a redeployment of money. It is only financed by those who actually create value, ”one user tried to explain the situation. However, other users approached the matter less diplomatically.

Saskia Esken: anger after Twitter statement - "pathetic"

Pathetic. What hubris this woman has to live in. Some people should stop twittering https://t.co/iF2sQlGu8A

- marc friedrich (@ marcfriedrich7) May 14, 2020

One user spoke of a "pathetic" hubris, while another Eskens transferred statements to the political situation of the Social Democrats: "Are you still surprised at the SPD that your clientele is running away from you?" Twitter trend had triggered, the negative echo on social media is now much louder.

A taxpayer-financed politician explains to a private employee that she finances him because she goes shopping. Are you still surprised at the SPD that your clientele is running away from you?

- Joshua Fritz (@ JoshuaFr1tz) May 14, 2020

Johansen also followed up again and published a screenshot of a message allegedly addressed to the SPD . It says: “Dear SPD , your chairperson made it clear to me on Twitter today that I am not co-financing your diets through my taxes and duties. Rather, me by going shopping in the retail store where I work for 10 euros an hour. I hereby expressly thank you for this valuable information. So far I was not aware of this. But, you never stop learning. So thanks again. "

For the sake of completeness. Of course I also thanked you. pic.twitter.com/29mqV0EsUL

- Michael Johansen (@ mijo611) May 14, 2020

* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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