A hat for the Prime Minister
Created: 01/15/2023, 20:00
By: Stephen Hank
A hat for the Prime Minister: (from left) Ilse Aigner, Markus Söder, Olaf von Löwis and Alexander Radwan.
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Show of the CSU celebrities at the New Year's reception of the district association at Gut Kaltenbrunn: Markus Söder gave the speech and there was a lot of praise for two organizations.
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– If the CSU invites, they all come.
With and without party book.
Because the New Year's reception of the district association has long been considered one of the social events in the district.
Of course, it doesn't work without politics, and so on Sunday party leader and Prime Minister Markus Söder got the audience in the mood for the state election year.
He was already a guest in 2020.
During the official part, one thing above all was required: perseverance.
He didn't want to lengthen the greeting too much, after all it was a standing reception.
"Those who I do not mention by name are particularly welcome," said district chairman and member of the Bundestag Alexander Radwan.
A clever move.
Because, as he himself later admitted with amusement, he had completely forgotten the main speaker.
Markus Söder, accompanied by Ilse Aigner and Alexander Radwan, shakes hands when entering the barn at Gut Kaltenbrunn.
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Above all, Söder wishes one thing: health
Markus Söder didn't show anything.
He, who had already eagerly shaken hands when entering the barn at Gut Kaltenbrunn near Gmund, embraced the entire audience a little later from the stage and wished the guests one thing above all at the start of the year: health.
"Because if you are healthy," he said, "you can survive any crisis better than if you are ill."
The Prime Minister and his audience: An estimated 900 guests, including Charlotte Knobloch (2nd from left), President of the Jewish Community in Munich and Upper Bavaria, wanted to hear what Markus Söder had to say.
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The major crises - they were also the central theme of his speech.
For around 50 minutes, he undertook a ride through the major political issues of the time and was not sparing in criticizing the federal government.
It was about Corona and war, nuclear power and renewable energies, state financial equalization and inheritance tax, agriculture and technical know-how.
"Strong, safe, social and smart" is the Free State, according to Söder, a wonderful country: "And it should stay that way in the future."
Traditional hat expresses self-image
The Prime Minister left the stage with a traditional hat.
"In the Oberland it is not just decoration or just protection against storms, it also expresses the self-image," explained Radwan.
He may also wear it at meetings in Berlin in the future, “so that they know what the hour has come”.
For example, inheritance tax.
Once again, Söder described it as "deeply unfair" and was convinced that he had good arguments for a lawsuit at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.
Radwan is in line with him here: "It's not just a threat of a sell-out at home," he warned.
If locals were forced to sell their property and move away, volunteer work would also suffer.
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Ilse Aigner (2nd from left) paid tribute to the work on the panels, here with (from left) Gerhard Berberich, Karl-Heinz Seybold, Ute Krause and Petrika Kolodziezyk.
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Recognized for the work of the Tafel and the circle of friends of the hospital
It was also the intention of the CSU that morning to appreciate the commitment of the many volunteers.
Not only did the party again invite many representatives of clubs and aid organizations to the New Year's reception, but two organizations were also given special recognition.
President of the state parliament and member of the constituency, Ilse Aigner, paid tribute to the work of the Tafel in the district and asked the guests to donate to the box provided.
Gerhard Berberich from the Holzkirchner Tafel outlined how much support they need.
The demand is increasing, but the logistics are increasingly a challenge.
"There is an abundance of food, but the Tafel in Germany could not accept 3,000 tons last year because there were no interim storage facilities," he reported.
Hats off to the fundraiser: District Administrator Olaf von Löwis (l.) paid tribute to the work of the hospital's circle of friends around its chairman Stavros Kostantinidis.
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Kostantinidis: "We Greeks can collect money."
District administrator Olaf von Löwis thanked the circle of friends of the Agatharied hospital and especially its chairman Stavros Kostantinidis for their work.
Since it was founded 18 years ago, the association has supported the clinic with around two million euros.
Since 2013, Konstantinidis has played an important role as the "chief networker".
"We Greeks can collect money," the Munich lawyer confessed with a grin, before he mingled with the people after the official part, which lasted almost two hours.
Because that, according to the host Radwan at the beginning, was the real strength of the New Year's reception and was sorely missed during the Corona crisis: "The encounter, the conversation and the exchange."