Election campaign video exposed: Lindner is shown on Twitter - promises to unvaccinated people not kept?

Created: 01/11/2022, 4:02 PM

From: Cindy Boden

Christian Lindner, federal chairman of the FDP and federal finance minister in the traffic light government © Uli Deck / dpa

A video with Christian Lindner sparked discussions: As a member of the government, is he breaking an election promise to unvaccinated people with the 2G rule?

The party reacts.

Berlin - There should be clear positions of the parties in the election campaign - at least that is the hope.

After the election, we will see what will actually be implemented.

The Twitter community is now making a promise from FDP leader Christian Lindner.

There is often shared a video that Lindner apparently shows during a conversation with unvaccinated people before the election at the end of September.

A man yells at him that he is being discriminated against as an unvaccinated person.

Lindner stops for a conversation and advertises membership in the FDP.

“We are of the opinion that unvaccinated people must not be discriminated against.” He then explains his opinion: “In a society where so many are vaccinated, the unvaccinated person can at best endanger himself.

That is why people who have not been vaccinated should also be able to go to the restaurant in autumn, for example.

Perhaps with the requirement of a negative test - which you don't have to pay, the solidarity community does that. "

Lindner makes promises to the unvaccinated during the election campaign - "The Internet never forgets"

“Say now!” Someone calls out to him.

But even after the elections?

“I'll say that before the elections and after the elections.

And in 2017 you saw that after the elections the FDP is even ready to say 'no' to its government if it had to break its promises, "grins Lindner, recalling the end of the Jamaica coalition negotiations.

“The Internet never forgets,” it says on Twitter.

“Interesting what Christian Lindner promised so everything during the election campaign.

Sounds a bit different now, ”says CDU member of the Bundestag Matthias Hauer, taking up the video.

AfD politicians also share it.

Lindner video causes a stir: 2G rules in Germany, also for the catering industry

After the election, it is well known that Christian Lindner joined the new traffic light government with his party. The ministers and the new Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) have been in office since the beginning of December. And what became of Lindner's election promise? In their last decision, the federal and state governments agreed on 2G-Plus in the catering industry. That was on January 7th, Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt deviate from the line. But 2G also means that unvaccinated people have to stay outside.

What is often lost in the discussion: In his statement, Lindner spoke of autumn as a time axis, when non-vaccinated people should still come to restaurants, possibly with a negative test.

In August, a corona summit for indoor catering was agreed on the 3G rule.

In mid-November, the 2G rule followed for certain hospitalization values.

But even then the FDP was not yet officially in government.

At least the coalition agreement was shortly afterwards.

interview on November 18, Lindner saw

no reason for a nationwide regulation, but 2G plus was becoming necessary in more and more regions. 

FDP leader Lindner did not want to “discriminate” unvaccinated people - Omikron has changed the situation

But in addition to his autumn statement, Lindner also made the promise not to discriminate against unvaccinated people. "From the beginning of the pandemic, the Free Democrats advocate combining the protection of health with as much freedom as possible," replied a spokeswoman for the FDP to

. “Of course, the current situation must always be reassessed.” Compared to the summer, the vaccination rate was far behind the expected 85 percent, and the Omikron variant including the vaccination breakthroughs also changed the situation. “It is not as it was assumed in the summer that unvaccinated persons are only a danger to themselves. Mr. Lindner has always presented these connections in his public speeches. "

Before the first Corona summit in 2022, Lindner warned of excessive restrictions.

"Moderate restrictions" such as stricter distance rules are now required, he said.

The Liberal is resisting a lockdown with widespread closings.

FDP in the fight against Corona: "Balance between freedom rights and health protection"

In response to a

request, FDP health politician Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus also said: "We keep the balance between freedom rights and health protection."

There was no mention of a mandatory vaccination in the video.

But now the debate is in full swing.

The FDP is also positioning itself - in some cases there are MPs who are apparently preparing an application.

Others distance themselves clearly from the project.

FDP leader Lindner said he was no longer against it in principle.

"But I have not made a positive decision either." He does not yet know of any applications.

In addition, because of the Omikron development, no decision can be made at the moment.