After irritations about a video message from the publicist Carolin Emcke at the Green Party conference last weekend, CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak spoke to the vilified and withdrew his allegations. Ziemiak wrote on Twitter on Tuesday evening that he had a long and good phone call with Emcke. “Talking to one another is better than talking about one another. I'm always particularly sensitive when I hear comparisons with Jews. ”In the context of the entire speech, it becomes clear that Emcke does not compare or trivialize hatred and lies against Jews. Ziemiak had originally accused Emcke of a "history-forgotten derailment" - for which he had also been criticized from several sides.
The background to this is an appearance by Emcke, who has been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, in the form of a video message on the first day of the Green Party Congress. She had said on Friday evening: “The radical hostility towards science, the cynical exploitation of social insecurity, the populist mobilization and the readiness for resentment and violence will remain. There will certainly be talk of the elite again. And then it will probably not be the Jews and cosmopolitans, not the feminists or the virologists, who are warned against, but the climate researchers. ”Emcke showed quotes in the criticized quote in the video, for example before the formulation“ elites ”or“ Jews and Cosmopolitans ".
The "Bild" newspaper reported on it on Saturday. Ziemiak also wrote on Saturday on Twitter: "This is an unbelievable + historically-forgotten derailment at the party convention of the Greens." On Tuesday, Ziemiak said after the phone call that Emcke has always been committed to democracy and against anti-Semitism. “I didn't want to question this clear stance. A differentiated discussion usually requires more space than a tweet on this topic - I take that to heart, ”explained Ziemiak. The Green Group Deputy Konstantin von Notz reacted immediately and also replied on Twitter: “I think that's good, Paul. Thanks!