The negotiations at the Corona summit were particularly tough this time.
It is not surprising that there was also room for small breakdowns and irritations.
Update from March 23, 2:50 p.m.:
During the Corona summit on Monday, Bode Ramelow (left) irritated with a tweet full of Ä letters
(see first report)
.
Now he publicly commented on his intention behind it: Thuringia's Prime Minister wanted to use this to express his solidarity with Reiner Haseloff (CDU), who persevered in the federal-state switchboard.
“That was pure solidarity with Reiner Haseloff,” he said.
The reason was the hour-long interruption of the federal-state consultations on Monday evening.
During this time, he and other office colleagues patiently remained in the virtual negotiation room, including: Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU).
“And at some points while I was waiting, one or the other Ä went through my head,” joked Ramelow.
Ramelow was surprised by the response to the tweet.
“They are so empty of content.
It's just a completely meaningless tweet, "emphasized the politician.
Corona summit curious: Ramelow takes the "Ä" - Spahn has to swallow first when there is a sensitive Merkel question
First report from March 23:
Berlin - The longest corona negotiations since the beginning of the pandemic are behind Chancellor Angela Merkel and the state leaders.
It was not until early Wednesday morning that Merkel (CDU), Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) appeared in front of the waiting press in Berlin.
"Easter calm" and the tightening of the emergency brake are among other things results of the federal-state consultations.
The Chancellor was visibly tired during the nightly press conference.
Söder and Müller also spoke of a "difficult birth".
It is not too surprising that strange things happen during such tough negotiations that last for hours.
This time at the forefront: Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left).
Merkel's Corona Round: Ministers also have to eat - Spahn is fighting with chocolate on a delicate Merkel question, of all things
Politicians, too, have to pursue their basic needs during intensive consultations: for example, to eat.
According to
image
information, fruit and bars are often used at the Corona peaks.
A small snack between meals to boost your energy level again.
Merkel and Müller, who were sitting together in the Chancellery, plastered a piece of cake and pieces of fruit right at the beginning of the Corona summit.
Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) spooned a soup and Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer (CSU) ate a melon.
So far, so unspectacular.
If it weren't for Spahn, who obviously craved something sweet.
Unfortunately at an inopportune time.
According to the newspaper, when Chancellor Merkel wanted to know how the test capacities were doing, she addressed her minister directly.
The: first swallowed, they say.
"Oh, now I have a duplo in my mouth," the
picture
quotes him
.
Corona summit from the federal and state governments: Jens Spahn eats, Bodo Ramelow irritates with a tweet
But Jens Spahn's Duplo is not the only faux pas during the deliberations.
Bodo Ramelow also attracted attention - and question marks.
A week earlier, Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) had posted a cryptic tweet: a simple "Ä".
According to the
German press agency
, he accidentally tweeted
the letter last week
.
His most successful tweet to date.
Bodo Ramelow, the Thuringian Prime Minister, put a load on it during the Corona summit: the left-wing politician used 279 of the 280 possible characters of the short message service for the umlaut.
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- Bodo Ramelow (@bodoramelow) March 22, 2021
Numerous Twitter users interpreted Ramelow's tweet as a reaction to the federal-state consultations.
A swipe at his admission that he occasionally played the smartphone game "Candy Crush" during the summit meetings was also inevitable.
"What happens after the last level at Candycrush," commented a Twitter user.
According to the
interpretation of the
Spiegel
, the Ramelow tweet is to be understood as a swipe at Haseloff.
While he accidentally dropped the tweet, the Thuringian Prime Minister tweeted apparently with full intent.
Because the tweet was tweeted twice, one version was then deleted.
The “Ä” tweet could also be found on the Twitter account of Bodo Ramelows on Tuesday morning.
Swipe at Reiner Haseloff?
"Ä" tweet from Ramelow at the Corona summit causes mixed reactions
The reactions to the short message service are mixed.
While some find the posting funny, others are simply annoyed.
“I would be ashamed of being made fun of in such a serious situation.
But what do I know, I'm not a prime minister, ”commented journalist Hatice Akyün.
“Concentrate on the situation instead of playing the meme generator here.
Lg “, demands the Schleswig-Holstein Green member of the state parliament Lasse Petersdotter.
Others rush to Ramelow's defense: "# Ä is not meant to be funny but points to the chaos and the inability of some of his colleagues," a user interprets Ramelow's tweet.
And one person just wants to know: "Is this something like a secret language in the Prime Minister's Conference?"
Reiner Haseloff's "Ä" tweet, which can still be seen on his account, has currently (as of March 23) received over 15,000 likes.
The "Ä" Ramelows is over 12,000 likes - and the trend is rising.
(aka)
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