Life is one struggle.

In the short term, there is a fight for Olympic gold, in the medium term for an election victory, in the long term against climate change and actually always against the weaker self.

Sometimes fights can also be efficiently bundled, as Robert Habeck proved this week when he spoke soaking wet against the downpour (and his inner anger) and should have scored more points for his party than Annalena Baerbock on a reading tour under a blue sky in the sunflower field .

When Habeck in a wet shirt surrendered - or collapsed, exactly that cannot be separated - the network community immediately surrendered.

Stefan Locke

Correspondent for Saxony and Thuringia based in Dresden.

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In any case, never before has a politician got himself wet so perfectly, not even François Hollande, over whom a cloud once broke when he was inaugurated in an open car;

however, his presidential future as a poodle that had been doused several times was already mapped out.

On the other hand, just imagine how Habeck will talk about victory after victory in future international negotiations in the rain or in Nassau!

It is unthinkable that the golden bunny, which, like Islam, belongs to Germany for Easter, would have been left to a Swiss company almost without a fight.

“Rabbit, you stay here!” Is not for nothing an original green demand, as it was echoed years ago through the green stronghold of Chemnitz.

The water battle of Frankfurt

Yes, water can be decisive in the fight, as we have known since the rainy battle between Poland and Germany. In case you wanted to get hold of your World War II documents: We are talking about the preliminary round game at the World Cup 74, which went down in football history as the water battle of Frankfurt. After the dry and dusty defeat against the GDR and their goalscorers with the significant name Sparwasser, the Federal Republic won against Poland on a torrential rain-flooded course and ultimately became world champion.

In the struggle for an excellent image, on the other hand, the computer science faculty of the TU Dresden recently fought. She informed relatives by e-mail about the visit of the Saxon science minister and university management and formulated the following request: “During this time, passers-by are welcome in the foyer / on the galleries, who reflect that everyday university life is no longer predominantly in the home office. “In doing so, the communicator ignored the fact that everyday university life for potential passers-by still takes place temporarily at home. For important visitors, you must therefore temporarily continue to work from home. The main thing is that the camera is then - temporarily - on.

At least the message was correctly gendered. A circumstance that the good old Wartburg in the good old town of Eisenach is currently struggling with. When the deserving castle captain recently passed and a successor was introduced, we, who once made presents for International Women's Day, would have had the combative idea of ​​calling her castle captain. But that is wrong. As we infer from a communication from the Thuringian State Chancellery, the correct address is "Ms. Burghauptmann". Which brings us to the question of whether the head of government of the Free State should be addressed or announced as "Prime Minister" in future. The new Frau Burghauptmann declared that she had no objection to her title. But as the great political scientist Marcello Mastroianni said: "A woman,who gives up their resistance, goes over to the attack. "

Who cools the overheated parliament?

So it could well be that Thuringia will be governed from the Wartburg in the future, also because the state parliament would no longer be able to vote at all.

The Thuringian parliament is now regarded as the G36 of the German people's representative bodies: constantly overheating and a hit rate that is close to zero.

A little cooling water from above would be appropriate here, although we are not surprised that in view of the political events in Erfurt even the rain is getting sour and the weather stops the fight.