"Violations of international rights are of no interest": Manuela Schwesig did not want to let this accusation sit on her.
Neither does the cost of the subsequent lost lawsuit, apparently.
Schwerin/Hamburg – Nord Stream 2 is now likely to be a hot topic for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s head of state, Manuela Schwesig (SPD): After the piquant dispute over a state “climate foundation” that is significantly financed by Russia, there is now the next scandal:
After a "Markus Lanz" talk, Schwesig took legal action against harsh Nord Stream allegations by Hamburg CDU state chief Christoph Ploß, lost - and let the taxpayers pay for the costs of the court dispute, as is now known.
Ploß sees this as a "tangible scandal".
Schwesig lost the legal dispute over the CDU quote from "Lanz": "Permissible rating in the battle of opinions"
The reason for the legal dispute was a statement by Ploß on the ZDF talk show in February.
The CDU member of the Bundestag had said in a dispute with SPD federal leader Lars Klingbeil: "And then you have other people in the SPD leadership like Manuela Schwesig, who says clearly: Well, these violations of international law don't interest me, the main thing is that the pipeline goes into operation. "
Schwesig then wanted to obtain an injunction from the Hamburg district court, which the court rejected.
Against the background of the Ukraine crisis, Ploß' statement was "a permissible assessment in the political battle of opinions," it said in the verdict.
Schwesig in "tangible scandal"?
Legal dispute with CDU politician runs at state expense
However, Schwesig still had the 4223 euros in court and legal fees paid from the state treasury.
The legal fees of 1,573 euros claimed by the other party were only paid after a reminder, a government spokesman said on Friday.
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In the meantime, all bills have been settled, the spokesman added.
Ploß rated the assumption of the costs by the state treasury as a "tangible scandal".
He asks Schwesig to “cover the costs she has caused herself”.
The government spokesman said Schwesig was "personally attacked in her capacity as Prime Minister".
That is why "Ms. Schwesig, with the support of the State Chancellery, took action against Mr. Ploß' statement".
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