With his video, Robert Habeck seems to have achieved a domestic political feat in ten minutes – he provides a moral compass that many in Germany are longing for. He now spoke to journalists about his motivation.
The video by the Federal Minister of Economics and Vice-Chancellor Habeck is on everyone’s lips. In his almost ten-minute speech, Robert Habeck denounces anti-Semitism in Germany from left to right and explains in understandable terms why Israel’s security is German reason of state and what that actually means.
A clip is now circulating on X (formerly Twitter) in which the minister speaks to journalists during his stay in Great Britain on Thursday. When asked why he recorded the video, he spoke about his own political identity. This is characterized by the fact that he has “repeatedly dealt with the history of Germany and what has become of history.”
Robert Habeck: Speech was teamwork
Since the terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, many topics have been mixed in an unhealthy way for him. This was not only reflected in the anti-Semitic demonstrations in Germany, which Habeck heavily criticized in the video. Here he demanded clear consequences.
He also apparently missed some differentiation during his trip to Turkey. He noticed that “from my point of view, a lot of things are mixed together or not seen there.”
In just a few days, the text was created, which he first wrote himself and then improved in coordination with his team, Habeck told the press. He spoke to “smart people” about it who gave their perspective.
This video is the second statement from the Vice Chancellor since the Hamas attack. Habeck was also praised by the opposition for his clear stance. Nevertheless, some users on social networks criticized that such a speech should have come from Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Habeck himself said that there couldn’t be enough contributions against anti-Semitism: “The Chancellor does this very well in his own way, in his formats.”
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Source: Stern
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