The plagiarism affair surrounding Annalena Baerbock is becoming more and more of a problem for the party.
Even left-wing newspapers like the "taz" are now writing off the Green candidate.
Berlin - The debate about copied passages in your book "Now: How we renew our country", ensure a poll low for the Greens.
At first there was talk of a targeted campaign from within the party camp, but criticism from the media is growing ever greater.
Even left-wing newspapers, which are supposedly closer to the Greens, join in.
In her comment entitled “It's over, Baerbock”, the
taz
author Silke Mertins
writes
: “If Baerbock is concerned with the climate and the future of the coming generations, then she should submit her candidacy to Habeck as soon as possible. If she does not see it, then it is now up to the influential party leaders to make it clear to her: It is over, Annalena! Perhaps she would have made a good chancellor, but for that she would first have to achieve a high result for her party. It can no longer win these elections, its credibility is too badly damaged for that. "
The commentator analyzes the failure of the green candidate for chancellor as follows: “Once again the candidate for chancellor wanted to appear bigger than she is.
And this time she even lacks the insight that she has made mistakes again.
Baerbock failed because of its own ambition. ”If it goes on like this, the party will end up where it was in 2017: below 10 percent.
Comments in other media are also not squeamish when dealing with Annalena Baerbock.
Tagesspiegel accuses Baerbock of naivety in the election campaign
In the
Tagesspiegel
it says: “The mood in the country, after Merkel, after Corona and because of the climate crisis, could have brought about a change.” According to the commentator, Annalena Baerbock would have had a chance to become Chancellor, “maybe even a head of government like New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern. ”But the Greens' candidate for chancellor should have foreseen what was to come.
“She should have known how to attack Armin Laschet.
Before the candidacy, she should have made or corrected tax payments and a curriculum vitae in order to be prepared.
Would have."
“Stepping into debates is part of it”: Süddeutsche Zeitung recognizes the problem of the Greens
The
Süddeutsche Zeitung also
recognizes a glaring problem with the Greens: Too many complex issues and an election campaign that is too well conducted, because it is “not a salon”.
“Stepping into debates is part of it - if only to test the applicants' steadfastness.
Most people find it difficult to weigh up, for example, between emission certificates and energy money - whereas everyone has an opinion on cheating and forgetting additional income.
That is why it is dangerous for Baerbock if topics are constantly thundering in that are ideally suited to reducing complexity. "
Stuttgarter Nachrichten sees mistakes in the election campaign team: "Anyone who steps in the front row will be relentlessly screened"
The
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
ask the question: “Is Annalena Baerbock just a victim of misogynistic commentators?” Their answer: “Not at all - and it is not wise of her to present herself as such. On the one hand, she must have been clear about what happens when she applies for the position of chancellor. ”It must be clear that whoever steps in the front row will be relentlessly screened. “In addition, women who expose themselves to a great extent often encounter a particular form of rejection. That is bad and should be fought against - but it is reality. ”The comment goes on to say that Baerbock should have gathered an election campaign team around him that is highly professional. "Checks the résumé and additional income before announcing the application, so that everyone involved in the book swears by correct citation rules.And that doesn't react like a kicked dog to criticism of these failures. The candidate's campaign in dealing with her own weaknesses has so far been almost as bad as that of her opponents. "(Md)
