Sahra Wagenknecht explains in “Hard but Fair” why the traffic lights are worse than right-wing governments. The SPD politician Carsten Schneider makes a confession.
Right-wingers don’t have to be the stupidest, says Sahra Wagenknecht – and explained on “Hart aber fair” why she considers Germany to be the worst government in Europe.
Before that, the SPD politician Carsten Schneider took the oath of disclosure on Monday evening on ARD. “We simply have no more money,” said the Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany. The federal government provided 800 billion euros in aid during the pandemic: “It’s now time to pay it back.”
Carsten Schneider (SPD), Eastern RepresentativeCarsten Linnemann, CDU General SecretarySahra Wagenknecht, Alliance Chairwoman Sahra WagenknechtZuhra Visnjic, master hairdresserMaria Fichte, “Freiberg for all” networkTijen Onaran, entrepreneur and authorNils Kumkar, sociologist
“It’s always the question of what you spend money on,” countered Wagenknecht. “It’s an important point for many people that nothing resonates with them.” Master hairdresser Zuhra Visnjic saw it similarly. “I’ll take care of my children first,” she said at Louis Klamroth and called for similar priorities in politics, not just with regard to development aid. The entrepreneur with existential fears warned: “If Germany collapses, she will no longer be able to help anyone.”
Schneider’s response to the hairdresser’s concerns highlighted the gap between Berlin’s political establishment and the concerns of the population. “The economic situation is better than the current mood,” said the State Minister in the Chancellery. He emphasized the “meaningful” aspect of work and described fundamental political decisions as “freestyle”.
Wagenknecht contradicted this optimism. Many people, especially from the middle class, are “really miserable”. In view of the “stupidest government in Europe” (Wagenknecht), Klamroth wanted to know exactly – that’s how the former left-wing politician recently described the traffic light coalition at the federal party conference of her alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW).
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How could the federal government be “stupid” than the right-wing extremist Italian government under Giorgia Meloni or Victor Orbán in Hungary? asked the “Hard but Fair” moderator. Wagenknecht’s simple explanation: “The economy won’t shrink.”
And how does Wagenknecht view the protests against the right? Klamroth wanted to know further. “I’m happy about it. I just think they shouldn’t distract from the causes of the AfD’s rise,” said the co-party leader. The high level of dissatisfaction among the population is justified.
The mood is worse than the situation, said Maria Fichte, who helped organize demonstrations against the right in the Saxon city in the “Freiberg for All” network. “We’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time,” she said on “Hart aber fair” about the Correctiv group’s research into right-wing extremist meetings. The reporting was the “icing on the cake” to turn the mood back into a positive direction.
“I felt really picked up,” said master hairdresser Visnjic, who had meanwhile taken a seat in the audience. The people in her hometown of Remscheid stood up for people with a migrant background like her. “They don’t want to have anything to do with this policy. I thought that was great,” she said.
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It’s about demonstrating not against something, but for something, emphasized Fichte. “We say: We are diversity. There are many of us. And we want a slightly more positive view of things and we also want to help shape them.” This is exactly how the marches against the right would differentiate themselves from the farmers’ protests, said the activist. With this topic, it was time for Klamroth to ask a trick question.
