German Chancellor Angela Merkel's favoured successor was swept into a new storm Tuesday, with her apparent call for limits to free speech around elections stoking further anger rather than putting down a raging youth-led YouTube revolt. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's call for 'rules'
1 / 2The CDU was caught off guard by online star Rezo's blistering attack, who blamed the coalition for failing to tackle poverty and climate changeThe CDU was caught off guard by online star Rezo's blistering attack, who blamed the coalition for failing to tackle poverty and climate change Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's favoured successor was swept into a new storm Tuesday, with her apparent call for limits to free speech around elections stoking further anger rather...
Addressing the debacle on Monday, Kramp-Karrenbauer called for checks on the online influencers, saying that if 70 newspaper editors had made a concerted call to boycott parties ahead of an election, that would be classed"clearly as propaganda". Her comments immediately unleashed a storm with #AKKRuecktritt , #annegate and #AKKgate making up the top three topics trending on Twitter in Germany.Kramp-Karrenbauer then took to Twitter to defend her comments, saying it was"ridiculous to insinuate that I want to regulate expressions of opinion"."What we have to talk about are rules that apply during elections," she wrote on Twitter.
For the German Federation of Journalists , AKK's call was"not just nonsense but also a violation of the constitution". AKK, 56, replaced Merkel as head of the CDU last December and is expected to seek the top job when Merkel's term ends in 2021.And her latest misadventure has left some wondering if she was suitable to succeed Merkel as Germany's leader.
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