Luisa Neubauer provokes with a statement dress against Friedrich Merz

Climate activist Luisa Neubauer distributed at the opening of the Berlinale with a provocative dress against Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz. On her dress there was to be read in front: “Donald & Elon & Alice & Friedrich?” On the back stood: “Democracy this in daylight!” ((“Democracy dies in daylight!”).

Neubauer thus made a reference between the CDU chairman and US President Donald Trump, AfD candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel and tech billionaire Elon Musk. According to his own information, the 28-year-old wants to draw attention to the current global political situation.

“Like many other people in Germany, I worry about our society and our democracy and the social and ecological climate. And I wonder who defends all of this when it depends on it”said Neubauer of the dpa.

“With many others, I defend myself against the forced normalization of right -wing radical ideas and protest against the attacks on our democracy and livelihood – on the street and on the red carpet”said Neubauer.

The background is the scandal about a joint coordination of the Union and AfD in the Bundestag. Merz had caused outrage because he had accepted the Bundestag at the end of January that his five-point plan for migration policy only got a majority thanks to AfD votes.

Other celebrities also used the red carpet for protest on Thursday evening. The actresses Meret Becker and Anna Thalbach held a scarf with the inscription “SOS Humanity” high for civilian sea rescue.