The ongoing criticism of the Corona measures was his undoing.
The Council of Ministers removed Christoph Lütge from the Bavarian Ethics Council.
Munich - Christoph Lütge was in his honorary position for less than half a year.
Now the TUM professor for business ethics has been kicked out of the Bavarian Ethics Council.
His ongoing criticism of the Corona * measures was probably too uncomfortable for the Council of Ministers and Markus Söder.
Söder and Bavaria's Council of Ministers probably annoyed by criticism of corona policy
The name Lütges no longer appears in the list of members of the Ethics Council.
The Bavarian State Chancellery confirmed the cancellation of the 51-year-old when asked, reports
Bild
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The "repeated public statements by Professor Lütge" are "inconsistent with the responsible work in the Ethics Council," a spokeswoman is quoted as saying.
The academic could damage the reputation of the body in the long run, it said.
On February 2, Lütge was unanimously canceled by the Council of Ministers.
The Council of Ministers only launched the Bavarian Ethics Council in October 2020.
According to the website of the state government, he advises the government on crucial questions about the future.
Lütge repeatedly attracted attention with critical remarks on the corona policy of the federal and state governments.
After off in the ethics council: Lütge continues to criticize Bavaria's corona policy
At least on Twitter, the business ethics professor did not comment on his discharge from the voluntary office.
In the first tweet after he unsubscribed on February 7, after a week-long tweet pause, he mockingly wrote: “I'm back.
Did I miss something?
How many lockdowns * are we in? "
As usual, Lütge tweeted sharply about the lockdown extension on Wednesday: “Today's decisions are stunned.
Just stunned.
Don't Merkel, Söder and Co. notice how much the mood has long since turned? ”
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