After a phone call with Emcke: Ziemiak revises accusations of anti-Semitism


After a phone call with Emcke
Ziemiak revises accusations of anti-Semitism

CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak and “Bild-Zeitung” accuse publicist Carolin Emcke of anti-Semitism because of a quotation out of context in a video message. Now there was apparently a clarifying conversation.

After irritations about a video message from Carolin Emcke at the Green Party conference, CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak spoke to the publicist and withdrew 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 about one another. I’m always particularly sensitive when I hear comparisons with Jews.”

In the context of the whole speech it becomes clear that Emcke does not compare or downplay hatred and lies against Jews. Ziemiak had originally accused Emcke of a “history-forgotten derailment” – but Ziemiak had also been criticized from several sides for this.

The background is an appearance by Emcke, who was 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 be the feminists or the virologists warned about, but the climatologists. ” Emcke showed quotes in the criticized quote in the video, for example in front of the phrase “elites” or “Jews and cosmopolitans”.

The “Bild” newspaper reported on it on Saturday. Ziemiak also wrote on Twitter on Saturday: “This is an unbelievable + historically-forgotten derailment at the Green Party conference.” 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 approach to this topic usually requires more space than a tweet – I take that to heart,” explained Ziemiak. Green parliamentary deputy Konstantin von Notz reacted immediately and also replied on Twitter: “I think that’s good, Paul. Thank you!”

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