A few days before the Bundestag election, Jan Böhmermann surprisingly took care of one Guest contribution in the renowned US newspaper “New York Times” reported.
With a almost nine -minute video contribution, which is obviously aimed at an international audience and especially the citizens of the United States, he warns of the consequences of right -wing populism and a strengthening of the AfD in Germany.
Under the title “The Far Right is Rising in the Land of ‘Never Again'” (right -wing extremism gets in the land of ‘never’ again ‘), Böhmermann tries to classify the political situation in Germany.
Jan Böhmermann explains what the AfD is up to
“Hello from Germany, the country, which, according to Elon Musk, has to be saved”, welcomes the audience to the “ZDF Magazin Royale” moderator. This is followed by a kind of lesson about what it means in Germany to do right policy. He speaks of Germany as a “world coping world champion”. Numerous German filling words can be found between the contribution held in English.
Even if you would have pulled the teachings out of the Holocaust, there is no guide to what a “never” should look like again, according to the 43-year-old. Böhmermann asks Spitzreis to excerpts from AfD politician: “Should the rest of the world worry about Germany’s fascist comeback?” The answer: “Yes! But hello, and really. “
Criticism of Elon Musk
In the further course of the clip, Böhmermann also goes into Elon Musk, who recently made headlines with a movement in a public speech that was very reminiscent of a Hitler salute. He then addressed the conversation between AfD top candidate Alice Weidel and Musk, in which Weidel Hitler described history cleasting as a “communist”.
Böhmermann then establishes a connection between Musk Rhetoric and that of the AfD by suggesting that both can “say and do Nazi things” as long as they aggressively deny that someone has ever been a Nazi.
Although the satirist makes it clear that Germany can never become Nazi Germany again, he argues with allusion to the famous Trump slogan: “We are not Nazis, we just want Germany to get great again” (“We are not Nazis , We just want germany to be great again “)
The first network reactions on the prominently at the “New York Times” placed Böhmermann video range between astonishment and praise. Many emphasized that the comedian also stated the mirror to the USA not to interfere in the politics of other countries, especially when a choice is imminent.
Does Böhmermann want to influence German voters?
A few days ago, Böhmermann had already recommended to the voters with reference to the Bundestag vote initiated by the CDU about a more restrictive asylum policy in the future in an Instagram contribution to make their election decision dependent on how politicians and commentators would comment on the AfD prohibition application.
Political statements-especially with reference to the strengthening of right-wing populism in Germany and thus above all the AfD-have often been heard from the ZDF exhilaration in recent years. In a program of “ZDF Magazin Royale”, he and his editorial team examined the success of the AfD, especially in East Germany. Among other things, he came to the conclusion that it could be in connection with the decline in local journalism.