Palace in Tbilisi instead of Reichstag
CDU embarrasses itself with video about new party design
September 20, 2023, 9:40 a.m
Was the AI already at work? The CDU’s new image film, with which it wants to send a “strong signal”, is at least causing a stir. A building that is supposed to show the Reichstag turns out to be the former presidential palace in Tbilisi. The ridicule comes promptly.
The CDU actually wants to send a “strong signal” with a new appearance. “For renewal. For cohesion. For the CDU,” it said in one on Tuesday published video about the new party design for the short message service X. But the Christian Democrats made a mistake. The clip shows a building that only bears a rough resemblance to the Reichstag building – the seat of the German Bundestag.
In fact, the building has a significantly different dome, and the columns and rows of windows also look a little different than in Berlin. The reason for this: The film does not show the Reichstag building in Berlin, but rather the former Georgian presidential palace in Tbilisi.
It doesn’t take long for ridicule and malice to appear. “There is a certain logic that those who believe that this is the Reichstag believe that Berlin + Kreuzberg are not Germany,” writes Green Party politician Konstantin von Notz on X. CDU leader Merz recently had in a beer tent at the Bavarian folk festival Gillamoos claims that Berlin-Kreuzberg is not Germany, but that Gillamoos is Germany.
The left-wing politician Anke Domscheit-Berg is surprised that no one in the CDU noticed the blunder. “I would like to know whether an AI was involved,” she writes on X. In fact, according to CDU circles, the marketing agency Guru is behind the image film. This was also responsible for the new design concept. Nobody in the CDU has yet commented on the failed video.
The CDU presented its new party design in Berlin on Tuesday. The three letters CDU are now black instead of red. The basic color is no longer orange, but a light turquoise blue, as General Secretary Carsten Linnemann said at the presentation of the new party appearance in Berlin. “The CDU is going black again,” said Linnemann, explaining in detail the various new color types – which led to comparisons with Loriot online.