After a journalist from the taz called for Annalena Baerbock to withdraw as the Greens' candidate for chancellor, the party defends itself against the allegations.
Berlin - After an
opinion piece published
in the Berlin newspaper
taz
on the plagiarism allegations against Annalena Baerbock, an open dispute broke out.
In her comment, the author of the text, Silke Mertins, called, among other things, for Baerbock to withdraw as Chancellor candidate of the Greens.
Many politicians were critical of the
taz
comment.
Green politician Jürgen Trittin even let himself be carried away into an open dispute with Mertins on Twitter.
After a tweet from the journalist, in which she announced that she would “take on” Trittin again, he replied dryly: “I usually only read that from right-wing trolls.
It's interesting that they are now writing comments at the taz. ”He was shocked that such attitudes had a place in the newspaper.
Green politician Katharina Beck, the top candidate of her party in Hamburg, also attacked the
taz
journalist.
You have done feminism a "disservice".
According to taz report: Greens defend Baerbock against allegations of plagiarism
After Mertins, among others, had called for Baerbock's withdrawal as the Greens' candidate for chancellor, managing director Michael Kellner clearly ruled this out.
Go into the election campaign “with Annalena Baerbock at the top”, nothing will change that.
Baerbock had come under fire in the past few days because an Austrian plagiarism hunter had accused her of in her book “Jetzt.
How we are renewing our country ”to have written off several passages.
The Greens and a dedicated media lawyer reacted promptly and spoke of a "character assassination" campaign against their candidate for chancellor.
Video: Plagiarism allegation: Baerbock defends her book against attacks
The publisher in which the book was published also dismissed all allegations from itself and the author: "The manuscript of Annalena Baerbock's book has been carefully edited by the publisher," the publisher said in a statement. "We can not see any copyright infringement." Soothing words came from other parties in the Bundestag to the scandal surrounding Baerbock. (fmü)