The CDU politician Julia Klöckner is said to be President of the Bundestag. A risky experiment, says our columnist Nicole Diekmann – but also an opportunity.
Julia Klöckner and Barbra Streisand have something in common: Both unite the talent to achieve exactly the opposite of what is being desired by awkward. A few years ago, the US actress complained to a whopping $ 50 million compensation because her house was seen on aerial photographs. To date, this photo had hardly been taken into account-however, according to Streisand’s mega demand, it spread like an avalanche. Streisand lost in a double sense: her lawsuit was unsuccessful, and since then the mechanism she triggered acts under the “Streisand effect”, which is less flattering for her.
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The following story has been circulating among capital journalists for several years about the CDU politician: a few years ago, Klöckner gave a speech a few years ago. There were quite a few journalists among these women. So I too. In this speech, she asked her to mention her office as a wine queen, who held the winemaker daughter many years ago, in which reporting. A shot that would backfire, many said at the time: journalists do not like to fulfill the requests of their reports. Following journalism goes against professional honor. That has a taste. I also shrugged at that moment, and I was amazed at Klöckner’s unclear move, because she should actually know that. Before moving into politics, she finally worked as a journalist.
That was many years ago, Klöckner is now looking back on a long, eventful political career – and at a time towards a time in a high state office: she is likely to be President of the Bundestag.
The echo on this personnel was mixed. Klöckner as a non -partisan, determined, but diplomatic -acting host of the parliament? There are doubts that the CDU woman can fill this position, the second highest in the state, with the reasonable dignity. And that also has to do with the principle of “wooden hammer”, with which Klöckner keeps noticeable. This is very easy to watch on the social platforms.
This masters the Klöckner, which is openly and cordially as a networker, from the EFFED. And she did that when a lot of other top politicians around “this Internet” still shook suspiciously and preferred to leave it to their office ladder to deal with it. Klöckner was already successfully active on Twitter (today: X) when many of her professional colleagues still thought social media for a temporary fad for young people. What Klöckner does not master so well: reluctance and self -criticism.
Klöckner will split up. This is not a bad quality per se. Politics is not a dance tea, and the CDU is not a feminist activist group, but still a very male -shaped party. If you want to get through, advance and progress, you need hard bandages.
Klöckner has it. But often use them very much – let’s say it friendly: doubtful. A pattern is emerging: First, a pronounced interest in fast and resounding effect, which is always subordinated to the necessary care. And secondly, little insight. Both properties that do not necessarily fit the job profile of a Bundestag president.
Let’s take a closer look at that. Let’s take a look at the election campaign just finished. In the course of Klöckner on the social networks, you don’t have to choose AfD for what you want. There is a democratic alternative for that: the CDU. “
A difficult post. An extremely difficult post even. He gave the impression that the right -wing extremist AfD and Klöckner’s CDU would pursue the same goals.
Not only do I find that. A lot of people found that. So many that Klöckner deleted this uncleans, formulated bad idea of election campaign and demarcation. Instead of either silent or simply being silent or simply granting that the post was misleading, Klöckner switched on: “The left to assume that we wanted to coalize with the AfD is infamous. The caption was and is clear here,” she claims. A fast Google research results: Not only did Klöckner’s posting question had generated question marks at the left, there was also astonishment for the Greens and the SPD. The criticism was not possible as a cheap campaign maneuver by the other reversals.
