It's not going to be quiet around Hubert Aiwanger.
His denial of a corona vaccination has been polarizing for weeks.
An FDP politician is now talking Tacheles.
And Söder also becomes personal.
Munich / Berlin - Problems in politics often come from unexpected quarters.
Sometimes in the form of your own Vice Prime Minister.
Markus Söder, Bavarian state boss, who presented himself as a decisive doer in the corona pandemic, is currently confronted with an economics minister who refuses to have a corona vaccination.
As the only member of the cabinet.
The dispute began last month when Söder Aiwanger urged a public justification * in this regard, culminating in the fact that he dared to speak of an "apartheid discussion" * - and picked up speed again on Wednesday as the free voter Boss against Söder and the CSU rumbled. In an interview with Deutschlandfunk * he warned against a “hunt” for unvaccinated people and spoke of “massive vaccine side effects” without further substantiating them.
For Söder himself the attitude of his vice comes at the wrong time.
While the CSU politician advocates a clear strategy against an impending fourth wave and calls for vaccinations in the face of a slowing campaign, the man on his political side rejects the life-saving injection.
Aiwanger sees his previous denial of immunization as an action against the “political establishment”.
“No Bayern Bolsonaro”: FDP man rejects the expulsion of vaccination refusal Aiwanger
With his statements, the Vice-Prime Minister of Bavaria, this over-figure of a party that could move into the Bundestag for the first time in the upcoming election, metamorphosis into the mouthpiece of those who refused to be vaccinated. At least that's what so many critics of his course see in the corona crisis. Söder himself clearly distances himself from his statements and reprimanded his deputy. "I'm worried about him," the Bavarian told the
mirror
. Aiwanger walks a fine line. “Regardless of the fact that it is wrong in the matter, the sound of the arguments is disturbing.” The Bavarian state boss sees this as calculus. "Anyone who believes they can ingratiate themselves with right-wing groups and lateral thinkers leaves the middle class and in the end suffers damage themselves."
Aiwanger is also facing headwinds from the other parties for his behavior. Opposite
Merkur.de
, Prof. Andrew Ullmann, infectiologist and chairman of the FDP parliamentary group in the health committee, vehemently criticized the politician's refusal to vaccinate. “The Deputy Bavarian Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger should resign. Markus Söder can no longer watch. If there is no voluntary resignation, then Söder has to intervene. "The behavior of the free-voter-politician is irresponsible for a person who takes government responsibility for Bavaria during the corona pandemic. Nobody needs to be vaccinated, but a deputy prime minister cannot thwart their own vaccination campaign with fears and scientifically false claims.
“Either it's a PR gag for your own Bundestag candidacy or it's a lack of information of the highest quality.
Both are irresponsible.
Germany doesn't need a Bayern Bolsonaro. ”Ullmann continues:“ The Bavarian state government is responsible for accelerating the vaccination campaign.
Preferably without Hubert Aiwanger. "
Criticism of Hubert Aiwanger for refusal to vaccinate also from the economy: attitude is "counterproductive"
Aiwanger is not only criticized from politics.
Critical voices are also increasing from the business world.
The Association of Bavarian Economy (VBW) has already stated that the attitude of the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs is counterproductive.
"The VBW is clear about the vaccination campaign of the Bavarian Minister of Health," said General Manager Bertram Brossardt to the world.
Aiwanger is also approached online.
The ex-Greens boss Cem Özdemir and other vaccination advocates called for vaccinations under the hashtag “Aiwanger”.
Others accused him of catching votes with his skepticism about vaccinations before the federal election in September.
The Aiwanger cause is also explosive due to the Free State's lame vaccination campaign.
According to AFP, Bavaria is below the national average of the vaccination rate and in the lower position in the comparison of the federal states.
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