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Secretary of Defense Lambrecht rarely fails to make a mistake. Now she’s being criticized for a New Year’s speech herself.
She sounds like a frontline reporter. There is a loud bang in the background. But not the Ukraine, Berlin is the backdrop for them New Year’s speech by Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) – the firecracker night at the turn of the year. There was criticism for her speech in the fireworks, first in the social networks, now also in the political sphere.
CDU defense politician Serap Guler even suggested Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to dismiss his cabinet member. She tweeted, “The speech about the war with firecrackers in the background sets her series of embarrassments only the crown up.” Every additional minute in office damages Germany’s reputation and ultimately goes to the chancellor’s account. “Who is supposed to take us so seriously?” wrote Güler on Monday morning. Also read:
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Lambrecht had shared a video on Sunday via an Instagram account marked as private, in which she took stock of the year 2022. Their sentences were accompanied by the whistling of New Year’s rockets and exploding firecrackers superimposed.
“A war is raging in the middle of Europe. And that was associated with it for me many special impressions, which I was able to win, many, many encounters with interesting and great people. I would like to say a big thank you for that,” said the minister. She also thanked the emergency services working over the New Year. also read: How Christine Lambrecht on the Dr. Strange the government has been
Lambrechts New Year’s Eve: Criticism also from the ranks of the coalition
“The year 2022 we have ahead of us incredible challenges asked,” emphasized the holder of command and command authority in the Bundeswehr. Because of the New Year’s Eve rockets, however, the SPD politician is sometimes difficult to understand.
Meanwhile, the criticism of your video does not want to stop. The Chair of the Defense Committee, Marie Agnes Strack Zimmermann (FDP), expressed his distance: “The New Year’s video in question is a matter for the minister and her communications staff. I find the setting a bit unfortunate myself.” The deputy head of the Union faction, Johann Wadephul, told the editorial network Germany, “she finds no attitude to the office and the tasks associated with it.” The video also showed that Lambrecht also had no feeling for the situation as a whole.
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