Laschet's tormentor I
In Bavaria, they are still hoping for
Markus Söder to be
candidate for chancellor
.
Not for the year 2025, no, for this summer.
Simple CSU members anyway, but also leading Christian socialists have not yet given up the hope in all seriousness that their boss will eventually
replace the
not-so-popular
Armin Laschet
as Union chancellor candidate.
"The fair has not yet been read," says one of the CSU leaders.
Söder, everyone noticed, was "determined to shoot something again."
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Union friends Söder, Laschet
Photo:
Federico Gambarini / dpa
The hopes of the Söder fools,
Anna Clauss
and
Florian Gathmann
researched, are primarily inspired
by a postponement of the date
.
The CSU party congress, at which the list of Bundestag candidates is to be adopted, was postponed to the end of June.
At this point in time, at least some CSU members hope,
Laschet
could be
lying on the ground so disheveled
that the candidate for chancellor would have to be replaced again and her Markus would have to become a
candidate
in a
kind of emergency rescue
.
The state elections in Saxony-Anhalt could also play a role in this scenario, where losses for the CDU (and thus also for Laschet) threaten.
Laschet and the CDU have not yet fired an election campaign rocket.
Söder, on the other hand, announced to the CSU parliamentary group that he would have "posters with my head" printed for the federal election.
According to the audience, the CSU boss said that in the election campaign "not only will Armin be shown", but also, by popular request from the grassroots, himself. In Bavaria, you will not have to do without Söder photos in public spaces.
Either way.
CSU is campaigning with Söder: You haven't given up hope yet
Laschet's tormentor II
While Markus Söder and the CSU are currently operating in silence,
Hans-Georg Maaßen is
almost omnipresent.
The former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is the
CDU's new direct candidate in the South Thuringian constituency 196
.
Ever since the environmental activist
Luisa Neubauer
accused millions
on the talk show
»Anne Will«
that Maaßen had spread anti-Semitic content, there has been a debate about the correctness of this statement.
Laschet defended Maassen in the same broadcast against the allegation.
Maassen also rejected him.
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CDU Bundestag candidate Maaßen
Photo: Michael Reichel / dpa
But that's not true. My colleague
Ann-Katrin Müller
, together with
Anabelle Körbel
and
Maik Baumgärtner
, analyzed Maassen's video interviews from the past year and a half. Especially those that he willingly gave new rights and AfD-related portals. There, Maaßen whispers about malicious politicians and their backers, even in his party. Maaßen senses an
anti-Germany agenda
everywhere
, incites against the media and spreads conspiracy ideologies, including those with anti-Semitic connotations
.
He can be questioned by people like
Markus Krall
, who is not only
very close to
the
AfD
, but also has
right-wing fantasies about subversion
. Or by
Markus Gärtner
, who among other things
writes
on the blog
“pi-news”
, which the constitution protection
classified as “proven extremist”
a few months ago
. "Maaßen doesn't want to be put in the right corner, but he runs there himself and gives interviews in which he says anti-democratic things that are very popular there," says Müller.
Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet does not want to distance himself from Maaßen either.
When SPIEGEL inquired about the quotes found, a spokesman only said: "There will be no commentary from the CDU on Mr. Maassen's statements."
Controversial CDU candidate: The treacherous comments by Hans-Georg Maaßen
Udo alone in the Atlantic
Udo Lindenberg will
celebrate his
75th birthday the
day after tomorrow
.
On
this occasion,
my colleague
Nora Gantenbrink visited
the rock musician in his private suite at the Hotel Atlantic and picked him up for a walk.
Lindenberg didn't want to talk much about his feast day, however, because it was "after all, just an earthly birthday and nothing more than a number on paper."
Gantenbrink's impression bores Lindenberg to get older and, above all, to talk about getting older.
He now feels timeless.
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Birthday boy Lindenberg
Photo: Axel Heimken / dpa
Instead, Lindenberg told about how he spent the
pandemic year in the deserted Grand Hotel
. The musician has lived there for 26 years - the hotel address is his registration address. The Atlantic is only open to business people at the moment. Since it got so empty and gloomy there, Lindenberg has been calling the Atlantic:
"Hotel Shining"
- based on the horror classic with Jack Nicholson.
The hotel workforce is still on short-time work.
In the meantime, corridors have been darkened to save electricity.
No wonder that a few ghosts and demons appeared to him in this mystical atmosphere.
However, Lindenberg does not want to complain, he is far too privileged for that.
He prefers to look ahead.
Or, to put it with one of his new songs: "We're starting again, that was enough privation / For us Love and Peace is the only true currency."
Visit to Lindenberg at the Hotel Atlantic: Udo, alone with his ghosts
Winner of the day ...
... is
Joe Biden
.
Because he has shown that politicians can communicate very clearly, with strong leadership and effectively, if they have the appropriate courage.
The US President tweeted yesterday: “The rule is simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do.
It's your choice. "
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US President Biden
Photo: Chris Kleponis / POOL / EPA
Such an
unmistakable message
would also be desired in Germany, where in terms of vaccination, despite the outstanding success of the existing corona vaccines, a great
deal of consideration
is still given
to esotericists and other lateral thinkers
.
Corona pandemic: USA lift mask requirement for vaccinated people - right or risky?
The latest news from the night
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Andre Hill had a mobile phone in his hand - a police officer thought it was a weapon and opened fire.
Now the US city of Columbus has agreed with the victim's family on a payment in the millions
China lands spacecraft on Mars for the first time:
Another milestone in space travel for China: The landing of the rover »Zhurong« was successful.
In February, the US robot "Perseverance" touched down on the Red Planet
Coalition apparently wants to extend the deadline for
submitting
tax returns:
The many inquiries in the corona crisis are pushing tax advisors to their limits.
The federal government is now apparently planning to extend the deadline for the declaration by three months
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