"Can someone shake it?" Scholz irritated with appearance after the Corona summit

Created: 12/23/2021, 05:05 AM

From: Cindy Boden

Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the press conference after the Corona summit © Bernd Elmenthaler / Imago

The corona measures are tightened, but Scholz is held up against a weakness: his rhetoric.

Mocking comments accumulate on Twitter.

Berlin - Christmas is also the time to relax, to relax after the stress of everyday life of the year. It will be the second festival during which Corona will dominate the debates - and the first with Olaf Scholz as Chancellor. The pandemic situation is tense - there are always new warnings about the Omikron variant. Scholz also warns and, with the press conference after what is likely to be the last Corona summit of the year, he got the chance to urgently appeal to the citizens again. He spoke admonishing words, but they didn't sound like that.

For a long time - also again and again in the federal election campaign - Scholz's rhetorical skills have been interpreted as a weakness.

“Scholzomat”, Teflon-like beading off critical questions, some of which he doesn't even go into: Much has already been written about his rhetoric.

And the press conference also caused some ridicule in the social networks.

Scholz warns - in terms of content, but he has to listen to a lot for the rhetoric

Olaf Scholz read his speech at the beginning of the PK. Partly without much emotion in his face, he spoke for about twelve minutes. The content of his sentences was clear. But at times you could get the impression from the sound that he was reading a Christmas story or bedtime story rather than emphasizing again what it was about. And that also in moments when he took up the fact that some can barely hear the corona warnings. “I would have liked to have given you more good news just before the Christmas holidays. This pandemic is stressful for all of us, we are all crumbling and tired of the pandemic. But that doesn't help. We have to stand together again, ”said Scholz in a rather monotonous manner, looking over and over at his sheet of paper.

"It is currently no longer the time for parties and sociable evenings in large groups," said Scholz.

Or: “We have to protect ourselves and our relatives too.” But do these messages get across?

Even at Christmas, when he wished everyone a peaceful time, he looked down.

His hands were mostly only used when he changed hands.

Video: Scholz announces tightened corona measures

“Can someone shake him and wake him up?” Scholz's rhetoric in the criticism

Some comments about Scholz's appearance were collected on Twitter. "A funeral orator has a lot more drive and verve," someone even wrote. "Can someone shake him and wake him up?" Demanded someone else. And: “So in the reading competition, Chancellor Scholz would have failed mercilessly.” A “rhetoric booster” that was needed could also be read on Twitter. One more tip: Scholz should “put espresso in front of him the next time, instead of water. Perhaps then he will not fall asleep while reading aloud ”.

Continuity in the corona course was often the name of the game when looking back at the change of government.

Ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel did not exude a lot of emotions either, she is more known for her pragmatic behavior.

But: "The press conferences of former Federal Chancellor Ms. Merkel were a rhetorical fireworks display compared to the current MPK press conference of Federal Chancellor Scholz," says someone.

Her speech in the Bundestag before Christmas 2020 will also remain unforgettable, when, with strength, clenched fists and a contorted face in the Bundestag she shouted sentences like: "If it's last Christmas with the grandparents, then we will have missed something, we shouldn't do that . “Scholz has never had such a moment before.