“If you can't stand the heat, you have no business in the kitchen” - that's what Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble says about the plagiarism allegations against Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock.
Berlin - Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble sees no more discrimination for women in today's politics.
In response to a corresponding question from “Bild am Sonntag”, the CDU politician said: “It used to be true.
At the beginning of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, sweat stains on her summer dress were discussed.
I found that impossible.
Today women in politics don't have it any more difficult.
Ex-Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) recently complained that women were treated harder than men in politics.
"Apparently some people still find it an affront when young women run for political positions," she said.
The headwind for Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock is much stronger than for the Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (CDU).
After headwind for Baerbock
Baerbock has come under fire because her book “Jetzt.
How we are renewing our country ”find striking linguistic similarities to other publications.
It had previously become known that she had belatedly reported the party's special payments to the Bundestag.
The party and candidate also had to correct information in Baerbock's curriculum vitae.
Schäuble said: “It may be that a lot is exaggerated, but the old saying applies: If you can't stand the heat, you have no business in the kitchen.
You had to know that the candidacy for chancellor is a tough road. ”Dpa