The Chancellor has regrets her actions in the case Maaßen. The admission of fault, given the fractious coalition government a brief respite. A great gesture, but it wasn’t.
It is rare that heads of government make excuses. In Germany, this is no different than in other countries. And so the Chancellor was the attention of the press for sure, as she was on this Monday morning in Berlin, in front of the press to ask the Public for their actions in the case Maaßen’s forgiveness. The protection of the Constitution President Hans-Georg Maaßen, the first step should be from his Post removed, as a reaction to his controversial Comments to the xenophobic riots in the East German city of Chemnitz.
Attempt at a Solomonic compromise
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Merkel: “To little at the thought of what moves people”
After a Meeting of the tips of the government coalition of CDU, CSU and SPD, last week was in the meantime been decided that Maaßen deposed from his Post, but at the same time into the higher-doped office of the Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of the interior promoted. In the Public transport triggered a storm of indignation. Merkel called the first coalition internal consensus in the question of Staff is now a serious wrong decision. You personally have engaged in “too much with the functionality and procedures in the Federal Ministry of the interior, but thought little of the, what moved the people to the right, when you hear the word carriage”. And she added: “the fact That this could happen, I am very sorry.”
At the weekend, the coalition pointed to be gone again, said Angela Merkel, which will have the consequence that the official Maaßen level now for the same salary as a special Advisor to the Ministry of the interior will change. “The new result, and this is crucial for me, both professionally as well as to communicate”, was Merkel. It was proper, because Maaßen now get a clearly defined range of tasks, without the need for other work processes in the Federal Ministry of the Interior would be disturbed. To explain it, because there was no transport. Barely four minutes this occurs Merkel’s lasted.
“The smaller the thing, the faster the apology is coming”
However, Merkel can win this trust back? Author Karina Strübbe has studied in a non – fiction book “Political apologies of the theory and empiricism of linguistic action” is the theme. In an interview with DW, she called Merkel’s approach, “pattern valid”, because the head of government complied with all the communicative rules of the political apology. “It must be an act of regret, there is a clear reference to the event must be there and in the best case, will have already announced to improve the Situation or improve the system,” says communications expert Strübbe. All of this got delivered to Merkel. Whether a political excuse for acting however, that is not secured, supplemented Strübbe. “If this is a Person of the will to believe and the will to repentance, and repentance for truly held, then such an apology can have a very big impact.” True, however, that politicians apologized faster, the smaller the thing was, to the respective case. “The bigger the scandal gets, the more it is tried, the facts to be interpreted and, therefore, a personal admission of guilt for getting around.” That Merkel tried it in case Maaßen, to its credit, communications expert Strübbe, which began to work after her PhD on the topic of the CDU parliamentary group in Wiesbaden.
Back to zero
Whether Merkel’s error admission of uses in the practical work, this could show up as early as next Monday. Then the government should back the coalition as quickly as possible back into the work mode, to property, plant and solve issues that called for Angela Merkel. There was no time to waste, because “we live in very challenging times,” says the head of government. As an example, where urgent action is needed for a functioning government, she said of the handling of Diesel vehicles, which are mostly German manufacturers, with the consumption and emission values have been scammed. Already next week a decision in the Federal Cabinet should fall, how the Problem can be solved by hundreds of thousands of Diesel vehicle owners, announced Merkel.
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In the network, it seems, many users will Merkel give to your apology, no second Chance. In the case of Twitter, the apology and the transfer of Maaßen ernete to the office of the special adviser especially ridicule. Under the Hashtag #special adviser to movies by users famous film were umgedichtet name by the dispute-ridden coalition government. Whether it is in the movies a Happy ending, and showed the most Tweets.