Panel discussion: Hoeneß criticizes mentality in Germany: “Whining people”

Bayern Munich’s honorary president Uli Hoeneß criticizes a “complaining” mentality in Germany. “I think everything is being done so badly in Germany at the moment,” said the 72-year-old during a panel discussion with cabaret artist Dieter Nuhr in Munich. “Of course not everything is as it should be, but I think we need to have a little more self-confidence again and those who made it difficult for us should also have a little more humility.”

The long-time club boss of the German football record champions called for there to be more “pragmatists” who “make sure that they work for the people, for the citizens for whom they were elected, and do nothing else.” Without naming names during this passage, Hoeneß said that “they” should “finally understand that it is now very, very important, and that is quite possible, that we look forward again, that we rely on our strengths “.

“At the moment they are just a miserable people”

Germany is an “incredibly wealthy country, a country with a great economy. But at the moment we are just a nation of complainers,” said Hoeneß, who also criticized “the media” that would bash things “every day.” The Bavarian patron received applause from those listening in the Bavarian National Museum.

With a view to the US election, the 72-year-old expressed clear criticism of Donald Trump. The development in the USA was “incomprehensible” to him, said Hoeneß. “I couldn’t stand it for a second, so I don’t understand.”