Wednesday 07 July 2021
“Hard Working People”
Hamburg’s CDU boss defends posters
From Christian Wilp
The election posters of the CDU came under fire – employees in disguise and no people with a migration background can be seen on them. Hamburg’s CDU boss Ploß thinks the campaign is a success.
The chairman of the CDU Hamburg, Christoph Ploß, defended the advertising campaign of the CDU in Germany on RTL / n-tv Frühstart. The slogan “Do Germany together” was very successful, as the common ground was in the foreground for the Union in the Bundestag elections. The CDU wants to build bridges in society and overcome divisions. The campaign was criticized because of the slogan, but also because CDU employees in other professions are shown on the posters, one as a police officer, another as a geriatric nurse.
The fact that only Germans with no recognizable migration background are shown in the advertising photos is not a problem for Ploß. “Of course you can’t depict every single group in society on seven or eight posters,” says Ploß. That is also not the aim of the poster campaign. “Above all, we focus on the hard-working people in the country.” A policewoman, skilled workers and many others can be seen. And for these people, the Union wants to make politics after the federal election in the next legislative period.
In the fight against the corona pandemic, Ploß complains that fewer and fewer people in Germany are apparently willing to be vaccinated. The desired herd immunity will hardly be achieved in this way. Therefore, Ploß suggests that for those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered, at the latest by the beginning of autumn, when everyone has received a vaccination offer, the restrictions on fundamental rights and freedom must be removed. “I think the vaccinated would no longer accept that because they no longer pose any risk,” says Ploß. According to Ploß, children and young people who are not required to be vaccinated should also regain their freedom and basic rights.
In the discussion about the controversial CDU Bundestag candidate Hans-Georg Maaßen, Ploß clearly distanced himself from the former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. “What Hans-Georg Maaßen said is always a kind of ignition on the edge. That is completely unacceptable and in no way corresponds to the position of the CDU,” says Ploß. The CDU is not in common with these statements. In an interview, Maaßen, who was running for the Bundestag in southern Thuringia, assumed a “clear left-wing spin” and demanded that they test their personal suitability.
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