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Kubicki's comment on Erdogan almost topples FAZ journalist from her chair

2023-05-19T03:40:32.783Z

Highlights: FDP deputy Wolfgang Kubicki described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a "little sewer rat" during an election campaign event. Erdogan summoned the German ambassador and filed a criminal complaint in Germany. FDP journalist Helene Bubrowski calls on Markus Lanz to take a clear stance against Erdogan. "The lesson from the Russia failure of the previous German governments must be that there is no point in being duck-mousey," says Bubrow's. The guests agree that Erdogan will win the upcoming run-off election against Kilicdaroglu.



Wolfgang Kubicki "praises" Recep Erdogan as a sewer rat. And Robert Habeck, Kubicki is sure, is driven by a competition with Annalena Baerbock.

Hamburg - The show begins with a situation in which it is not quite clear at first whether you can laugh about it, or whether it is too serious for that. When asked by Markus Lanz to Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) what his relationship with Recep Tayyip Erdogan was, Kubicki replied matter-of-factly: "As before. We don't talk to each other." Background to Lanz's question: Kubicki described the Turkish head of state as a "little sewer rat" during an election campaign event.

Kubicki defends this in two different ways. On the one hand, because of the situation: "This is just an election campaign. I'm standing on stage for an hour, and sometimes something slips out that wasn't meant to be." On the other hand, however, it also has what he now calls the positive characteristics of the rat: "It is adaptable, intelligent and resistant." FAZ journalist Helene Bubrowski almost falls off her chair. "So the truth is that it's not an insult, it's a compliment?" she asks, laughing.

Markus Lanz in conversation with FDP deputy Wolfgang Kubicki and Turkey expert Carolina Drüten. © Markus Hertrich/ZDF

Markus Lanz – these guests will join the discussion on 16 May:

  • Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) - Politician
  • Helene Bubrowski – Journalist (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
  • Petra Pinzler – Journalist (Die Zeit)
  • Carolina Drüten - Turkey expert

In any case, the situation on the Bosporus was not so amusing. Erdogan summoned the German ambassador and filed a criminal complaint against Kubicki in Germany. However, the proceedings were discontinued.

Bubrowski then tries to draw the lessons from the relationship with Russia in order to learn from it for dealing with Turkey and Erdogan. The guests agree that Erdogan will win the upcoming run-off election against Kilicdaroglu. "The lesson from the Russia failure of the previous German governments must be that there is no point in being duck-mousey. Just don't provoke anyone, just don't upset anyone, that has domestic political damage, that has economic damage," says Bubrowski.

FAZ journalist Bubrowski calls on Markus Lanz to take a clear stance against Erdogan

Her suggestion: "Autocrats, including Erdogan, in my opinion, only accept the language of strength. This does not only have to be military strength, it can also be diplomatic strength and a decisive stance. One should not think that a course of currying favour will bring about a change, that has not worked. These experiences could not have been more impressive than with Russia."

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Of course, Markus Lanz also invites a guest like Kubicki to talk about the FDP. Kubicki is hitting the ground running, announcing that he wants to get a double-digit percentage of the vote again in the next federal election. Interesting sentence from the 71-year-old: "We are currently in the process of improving our performance." When Lanz talks about migration policy and the liberals' solutions, Kubicki would like to see a "controlled immigration of skilled workers" on the one hand and "border security with fences if necessary". Lanz wrinkles his forehead and asks, "Why do you duck away and push around on the subject?"

Lanz's government scolding – Bubrowski contradicts

Petra Pinzler takes the same line. It illustrates the curious fact that the countries had been promised one billion euros after the so-called refugee summit and were still dissatisfied. Pinzler sees this as a failure on the part of the federal government. Lanz nods and says: "Migration is so much more than a bed and a roof over your head." Helene Bubrowski disagrees: "The topic has been back on the tableau for a year now and I think that this is reflected in the political debate. I can't agree with the ducking away."

But this is not the only disagreement. Caroline Drüten criticises Kubicki for his statement on securing the external borders: "If you say you have to protect the external border - it's not open. The problem is that we don't have a proper distribution mechanism within Europe." Lanz smiles, as if he knew exactly what Drüten intended to say – he agrees: "That's what I mean by honest debate. I totally miss them."

Kubicki: Habeck would have liked to keep the nuclear power plant running

In recent months, Wolfgang Kubicki has hardly left a good hair on Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens). However, Kubicki puts this into perspective with Lanz and instead shows understanding for Habeck's dichotomy: "He is in internal competition with Annalena Baerbock. That's why he has to be considerate of trends that he wouldn't have cared about in the past. If it had only been up to Robert Habeck, we would have kept the nuclear power plants running until at least the end of 2024 and then we would have shut them down - for safety reasons."

It also becomes interesting when Kubicki is asked about the plans from the Ministry of Economics regarding the heat pump. You can tell that the topic does not leave the lawyer cold. In doing so, Kubicki is first aiming at the wording of the coalition agreement. There is not a word about "heat pump" or "only electric". Lanz, however, drills further and confronts his guest with the fact that the FDP had portrayed Habeck as a "Satan with the heat pump". Kubicki vehemently disagrees with this and, on the other hand, promises that the Building Energy Act will look different from what is currently planned.

Markus Lanz – The conclusion of the show:

Wolfgang Kubicki has always provided great entertainment value. Like few politicians, he knows how to enrich all topics with a dose of humor. However, it is valuable for the show that the politician has some opponents who make him get involved in the content of migration policy and the Building Energy Act. This leads to interesting and lively discussions. (Christoph Heuser)

Source: merkur

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