Annalena and the Ten Bans

We don't need any state religion (©INSM)

Annalena und die zehn Verbote is the latest attack by Germany's economic lobby against the Green chancellor hopeful Annalena Baerbock. But this attack wasn't necessary because the lady had already put her neck on the line beforehand.

The polls saw the Greens soaring in the past few weeks, two points ahead of the Christian Democrats. The state-carrying conservatives panicked. But then, Annalena started her self-destruction by not declaring to parliament the financial benefits she had previously received from her party. Finally, and on top of it, she had embellished her CV.

When on the political front, Annalena eventually dared a little honesty and clearly stated that the price of petrol would have to rise by 16 cents per liter to meet Germany's climate goals, indignation broke out. 

Higher petrol prices!

There are three holy cows in Germany you better not touch: a general speed limit on the autobahns, the Reinheitsgebot (purity law) for beer, and the gas(oline) price.

What a crash!

At the moment, the Greens are trying to pick up the pieces (of the Mosaic tablets, too?) at their party conference and glue them together.

Green bans won't lead us to the promised land (©INSM)

But the poster of the INSM (Initiative New Social Market Economy) drew wider circles. The Jewish community called the presentation of Annalena carrying the Mosaic tablets antisemitic.

The former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, tweeted, "The INSM would be well advised to leave the topic of religion, of which it obviously knows nothing, to others."

©INSM

So it was only a minor blow when the INSM caricatured the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, candidate for chancellor and present minister of finance, as "debt king" because of Germany's record debt resulting from the Corona crisis.

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