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Tichys Insight magazine had targeted SPD politician Sawsan Chebli. Dorothee Bär reacts and causes an avalanche. Initially there were criticisms of Merz and Spahn.
- The well-known Ludwig Erhard Foundation wants to promote the social market economy first and foremost.
- However, the association is currently struggling with a sexism scandal, the reason for this is an article in President Roland Tichy’s newspaper.
- After Dorothee Bär (CSU), other politicians also criticized Tichy, who wants to resign from her post. But there are other sensitive issues.
Sedan – The Ludwig Erhard Foundation is actually a worthy institution: founded by the same namesake in 1967, the association wants the social market economy strengthen. However, the foundation is currently immersed in an extremely nasty debate: it is about sexism. And the election of the president.
Now there are apparently personal consequences: Director of the Roland Tichy Foundation wants, according to a report Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung he will no longer stand for reelection. Previously had CSU Minister of State Dorothee Bär caused quite a stir. She canceled her membership.
Ludwig Erhard Foundation: Sexist attack on Chebli in Tichy? Dorothee Bär is the first to pull the cord.
The reason for the dispute are sexist statements about the SPD-Politikerin Sawsan Chebli in the monthly Tichy’s vision. It said: “What speaks for Sawsan? (…) Journalists friends so far have only been able to determine the G-spot as a positive point in the Special Democratic Party of the Elders.
Where you have a large number Featured politicians and well known Economists Y Commercial representatives Busy club had initially pulled the opening rope alone Bear. “Such failures are unbearable and absolutely incompatible with the goals of the foundation,” he said on leaving Wednesday.
Ludwig erhardToday’s suggestion would certainly not be that Degradation of women, but promoting female careers, he discovered. “If the foundation has a president under whose direction these texts are published, I cannot and will not support them anymore. It shows a socio-political mentality that I don’t accept. ” Chebli thanked Bär via Twitter for his “clear position” and wrote: “We can no longer accept sexism. But we also need the men to join us. “
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However, it was a while before men followed suit. On Wednesday there were violent complaints against the other members of the foundation, including them CDU Chancellor Friedrich Merz *, Minister of Health, Jens Spahn* (CDU) or Former Bahn Chief Hartmut Mehdorn. “Everyone else remains seated and silent. That gives a deep insight ”, judged one user.
I have all the members of the #LudwigErhardStiftung marked who stood up against it #Tichy Ms @SanCheli sexist insulted in the worst possible way: @DoroBaer.
Everyone else remains seated and silent. That allows you to see deeply. https://t.co/IzoL71Ey3X pic.twitter.com/MC9BO6KMWQ
– C. Storch (@Storch_i) September 23, 2020
On Thursday, Spahn and the president of SME Union, Carsten linnemann, to. Effective immediately, their membership in the Erhard Foundation was suspended. “The Ludwig Erhard Foundation is an institution with a long tradition and is committed to the legacy of its namesake. Unfortunately, for some time, there has been a culture of debate among the main representatives of the Foundation that does not live up to this responsibility. That damages Ludwig Erhard’s reputation. Therefore, we have decided to suspend our membership until further notice. “
Tichy leaves – critics after sexism scandal remain dissatisfied
Criticisms of Tichy expressed according to the information DOES further Bundesbank President Jens Weidmannwho is also a member of the foundation. In a letter to the other members of the foundation, Weidmann argues that the “further development of free market and free democracy thinking” also includes “a climate of debate of mutual respect, not only within the foundation but also beyond. . Tichy Then the withdrawal, a step that Merz described in a tweet as the “only correct decision”.
Gerhard Schröder attended: Roland Tichy at the presentation of the Ludwig Erhard Prize to the retired Federal Chancellor in 2016
© Picture Alliance / dpa / Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert
However, it remains to be seen whether the dispute is over. First Secretary General of the CDU, Ruprecht Polenz on Twitter, for example, he demanded that the foundation not wait until the presidential election in October, but rather “completely separate itself from Tichy.” Other observers asked even more fundamental questions: “Why is Roland Tichy President of the Ludwig Erhard Foundation?” Spiegel-Journalist Mathieu von Rohr on dry short message service.
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Tichy himself describes his magazine as a “liberal-conservative opinion magazine.” the Magazine and online platform tichyseinblick.de They belong to many politicians of the right-wing populist specter for required reading.
Hopefully even now a debate will end freedom of expression is released. Political advisor Erik Flügge, a member of the SPD, expressed a clear judgment on Thursday: “Tichy has every right to publish and be politically active,” he emphasized. “At the same time, however, every institution has the right to say: ‘Your publications and your political activities no longer suit us.’ It calls itself freedom of expression and conscience ”. However, Flügge had to be reproached for not having responded to the complaints themselves. (dpa / fn)
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