Markus Söder’s second trip abroad in just a few weeks is to Sweden. The planned highlight was actually a reception with Queen Silvia. But then there are two minutes of Söder-Abba.
Markus Söder, who is well-known when it comes to self-dramatization, only hesitates – if at all – for a very brief moment. Then the Bavarian Prime Minister enters the karaoke stage in the Abba Museum in Stockholm, grabs a microphone and starts: “Dancing Queen” The virtual ABBA singers perform to the left and right of him – and Söder joins in.
At first he just moves his hips, swings his arms, gestures. Then he moves his lips and reads the text – even if nothing can be heard at first. Only later does his voice come through in individual places. “The performance is even better than the singing”he says afterwards with a slight touch of demonstrative self-irony.
PR professional Markus Söder
In the end, Söder’s entire Abba demonstration lasts less than two minutes – but the PR professional has done it again: the videos are going viral on social media.
Söder is a politician who thinks in pictures and videos like no other. Who presents himself in a way that sometimes makes enemies and sometimes friends shake their heads. The fact is: On platform X alone (formerly Twitter), the video on Söder’s account was viewed tens of thousands of times within a short period of time.
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“When you think of Sweden, you automatically think of Abba”says Söder after his short appearance – and rushes to the next appointment: with the defense and civil protection ministers. He had already been received by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson the evening before.
And the “emotional climax” There was still one thing to come before his three-day trip: a reception with Queen Silvia. For a regional prime minister, such an appointment at the royal palace, which was planned for Thursday afternoon, is anything but normal.
Source: Stern
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