There will be no livestream of citizens' meetings in Grünwald in the future, nor will the hybrid meetings.
Mayor Jan Neusiedl made it clear that he did not want to be filmed.
After all, you don't know what will be done with such film cuts.
Grünwald - The participation of the public in citizens' assemblies, but also in municipal council meetings, has now been debated by the elected officials in the Hubertus-Lindner-Saal of the Römerschanz.
Both hybrid meetings and live streaming of citizens' assemblies will not be available in Grünwald until further notice.
If you want to find out more, you have to make the effort to get what you need to know through personal presence.
The Bavarian State Parliament decided at the beginning of March that hybrid meetings in municipalities are in principle possible.
Personal rights more important than public interest
Watching with chips and prosecco on the couch? At the most recent citizens' meeting, Michael Lehmann-Horn applied for the meetings to be streamed on the Internet and made publicly available in the future. In the spirit of councilor Michael Ritz (FDP), who after the meeting told Münchner Merkur that he wanted Grünwald to follow the example of other communities: namely to show the speech of the mayor, the police and the fire brigade and the to fade out later discussions with the citizens in order to avoid problems of data protection law. But Mayor Jan Neusiedl (CSU) obviously does not want to find himself on the Internet and protect his personal rights. He doesn't want to be filmed. Point. Second Mayor Stephan Weidenbach: “He is entitled to that.Anyone can refuse to be filmed with a subsequent publication. ”Because what is on the net once, you can no longer bring out. Ritz replied to our newspaper that nobody should be forced to present themselves in front of the camera, but those who have been publicly voted should not be afraid to present themselves in front of the camera. Michael Ritz also argues that citizens need to be protected in times of pandemic and should not put themselves at risk. With live broadcasts, citizens are sure that it is safe to participate. In this context, Ritz formulates that the CSU slept through digitization in Grünwald and that only the Lederhosn remained of Stoiber's promise of “laptop and leather pants” in Grünwald.He accused the CSU of being hostile to technology, including the introduction of hybrid meetings.
A two-thirds majority is required
A two-thirds majority in the Grünwald municipal council would have been necessary to introduce such meetings in which participants are added.
This did not come about, the agenda item also missed the simple majority with 11:10 votes.
The CSU wants to stick to the tried and tested and estimates the necessary effort to be too high, as Second Mayor Stephan Weidenbach told Münchner Merkur.
His parliamentary group still prefers face-to-face meetings and does not want to use the option for the time being.
Because in the event of an acceptance one would be forced to hold permanent hybrid meetings and would no longer be allowed to switch back and forth.
Technology hostility?
That's not true
Stephan Weidenbach did not want to leave the accusation of hostility towards technology to the Münchner Merkur: "As can be easily checked, for example, we have digitally equipped all schools and the town hall." The CSU in Grünwald, however, continues to rely on presence and personal contacts . In the case of streaming, none of this has anything to do with hostility to technology, but with data protection.
