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Controversial Middle Finger Campaign Stops! BZ learned: The motif with the old woman showing the finger that refuses to mask is no longer used.
The motif appeared in newspaper ads on Tuesday and was also spread online. The author is the official travel portal “visitBerlin”. From there it is now: “The emotion is understandable,” spokesman Christian Tänzler (58) told the BZ “If people feel personally received, it was not the intention. We are sorry.”
There should be no more advertisements in the newspapers, and the advertising originally advertised in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg does not arrive. Tänzler continues: “Attention is necessary. We wanted and we achieved it. “
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There were massive protests from federal and state policy against the motive, Berlin MP Marcel Luthe (43, non-party) even filed a criminal complaint.
“The Berlin Senate or its later authorities or state possessions have incited hatred against sectors of the population with the general motive in a way that is likely to disturb the public peace,” said the politician.
According to information from BZ, the ruling mayor Michael Müller (55, SPD) had personally campaigned to remove his stinky finger. Her spokeswoman Melanie Reinsch (41) does not want to confirm or deny that.
Which is not surprising: if that is true, Müller would have deceived his senator for Economy, Ramona Pop (42, Greens). He presented the start of the “visitBerlin” mask campaign, which is financed with one million euros.
According to the economic administration, nothing is known about stopping the campaign. So Müller pressure after all? Reinsch evasively: “visitBerlin is responsible for planning and implementing the campaign.”
