The federal state of Saxony celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Also there: CDU politician Armin Laschet.
Now he is resisting criticism of his participation.
In honor of his Minister President colleague Kretschmer, NRW State Father Laschet visits an event in Saxony.
2000 people are present at the celebrations.
Now the CDU vice-president is under fire - but Laschet rejects this.
Aue - With his
visit
to
Saxony
on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Free State,
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU *)
caused a stir.
The Christian Democrat from the West was also a guest at a gala concert with a total of 2,000 guests in the stadium of the second division soccer club Erzgebirge Aue, which Saxony held on its 30th anniversary since its re-establishment in 1990.
In times of the
corona pandemic
*
, this did not go down well with everyone.
Laschet's participation caused criticism in advance.
Because in the state of the state father of North Rhine-Westphalia there are currently much stricter corona rules for major events than in Saxony.
But Laschet sees this as an argument
to justify
his visit to CDU party colleague
Michael Kretschmer
.
The
corona rules
in Saxony are simply different from those in North Rhine-Westphalia, as is the number of people affected by the virus.
"The
infection numbers
*
in Saxony are different than in North Rhine-Westphalia," said Laschet on Saturday when visiting a mine with the
Saxon government leader
Kretschmer near Schwarzenberg in the Erzgebirge district.
Moving festival concert to mark 30 years of the Free State #Sachsen in Aue: The peaceful revolution began in Leipzig and Dresden.
The courageous people in Saxony made unity in freedom possible in the first place, MP @ArminLaschet pays tribute to this historic achievement: God's blessing & # Glückauf pic.twitter.com/La2kYyDQa8
- State Chancellery NRW (@landnrw) September 5, 2020
Armin Laschet at the 2000-man celebration in Saxony - SPD politicians are sharply critical
Meanwhile, the opposition in North Rhine-Westphalia sees it differently.
"How credible is a Prime Minister who preaches water in his federal state and bans major events, but even drinks birthday wine at a party with 2000 guests in Saxony?" Asked the North Rhine-Westphalian
SPD
*
parliamentary
group leader Thomas Kutschaty.
His party leader agreed with Kuchaty.
Compared to
Bild am Sonntag
,
SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans
said: “In times like these, people expect orientation from politics and not behavior according to the motto: I forbid partying at home, but then I'll be gone where it is allowed. "
The chairman of the Social Democrats tried to make a comparison.
"Laschet's behavior reminds me of the father who explains to his children with a butt in his mouth how unhealthy smoking is," continued Walter-Borjans.
Prime Minister Armin Laschet hopes that the population in NRW will understand
While Laschet in Saxony was able to make use of the less strict corona requirements, he had to prepare the North Rhine-Westphalian citizens in his state for the next bad news in connection with the corona pandemic.
The carnival season, which traditionally starts on November 11th, threatens to be canceled.
"I believe that most people this year would understand the cancellation of carnival events," hopes the Prime Minister in an interview with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Monday edition).
(kh) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network
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