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Berlin (dpa) - Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters has criticized the Internet campaign #allesdichtmachen by some well-known actors.
"All of us, each and every one of us, many professions, entire industries, are making enormous sacrifices in this pandemic," said the CDU politician on Friday in Berlin.
She fully understands that many of those affected draw attention to their specific restrictions.
"This is also necessary so that politics does not overlook anything in an incredibly difficult weighing process."
The virus is an attack on a model of life, "it hits the cultural world in its lifeblood," said Grütters.
You understand the needs of the creative.
“With all due respect for the freedom of art,” she objected at the same time: “I would have liked the actors involved in the #allesdichtmachen campaign to have significantly more empathy for people who are affected by the coronavirus or who do hard work in the health system. »
This natural disaster is about saving human lives, “we must never forget that”.
Grütters said she would "continue to do everything in her power to safeguard cultural diversity in Germany."
The “New Start Culture” program has been increased to two billion euros.
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Dozens of film and television actors commented on the federal government's corona policy with ironic-satirical clips under the motto #allesdichtmachen.
The action, in which artists such as Jan-Josef Liefers, Heike Makatsch, Ulrich Tukur, Volker Bruch, Meret Becker, Ulrike Folkerts and Richy Müller are involved, caused a sensation.
Other celebrity fellow actors reacted in horror.
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