Several top politicians from the Greens are also present at the start of the Wiesn - without a face mask in the beer tent.
Ricarda Lang had recently called for face masks indoors.
Munich - Oktoberfest is.
And many celebrities also do the honors at the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Among them were several top politicians from the Greens on the first weekend of the largest folk festival in the world.
Without a face mask, despite fears that the corona virus could spread at the Wiesn.
Party leader Ricarda Lang had recently advised masks indoors.
Celebrities at the Oktoberfest: Green politicians celebrate without a mask
This is reported by the image and refers to the platform MPswatch.
“Of course, the virus is not interested in whether it spreads among people on the bus, train or plane.
Wherever people come together, especially indoors, there is still a high risk of infection.
That's why it's right to wear a mask there and protect yourself and others," Lang wrote on September 9 on MPs Watch.
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On September 18, she then posted a photo from the Oktoberfest, on which she can be seen together with the Bavarian Green politician Claudia Roth.
The 28-year-old writes: "O'zapft is.
Thanks for the nice premiere at the Oktoberfest.
Here's to a peaceful Wiesn." The SPD parliamentary group leader in Munich City Hall, Anne Hübner, celebrated with the Greens politician Katharina Schulze.
"It's the same as always and it's cool," wrote Hübner on a photo of the Wiesn on Twitter.
Despite the corona risk: politicians celebrate at the Wiesn without face masks
The fact that the individual parties in the federal government voted for a mask requirement in long-distance transport when it came to the new Infection Protection Act for Germany, and that individual politicians are now celebrating without a mask at the Oktoberfest, does not go down well with everyone on social media.
A Twitter user commented on Hübner's photo with Schulze: "Don't look through anymore.
there, for example, Mrs. #Schulze is sitting with hundreds of others in the full #beer tent without a mask (which I think is fine) but!
The Greens to which she belongs, and the #SPD, voted for #FFP2 #mask requirement in long-distance traffic until April 2023. Zero logic.
Don't look through anymore.
there, for example, Mrs. #Schulze is sitting with hundreds of others in the full #beer tent without a mask (which I think is fine) but!
the Greens to which she belongs, and the #SPD, voted for #FFP2 #masks in long-distance traffic until April 2023.
Zero logic.
https://t.co/KgnhUvhu9A
— Andrea Zach Yoga (@zach_andrea) September 17, 2022
Wiesn in Munich: Doctors warn of a significant increase in corona cases
Several doctors and scientific experts had warned of a significant increase in corona cases due to the Wiesn.
"The Oktoberfest will very likely lead to an increase in the incidence of infection," said Dr.
Christoph Spinner, the pandemic officer at the Klinikum Rechts der Isar, the Munich
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: "We know from other folk festivals that an increase of two to three times can be expected." Corona risk and still no mask: Some politicians have to be round asked critical questions about the Oktoberfest.
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