German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) emotionally reacted to whistles and disturbances during a speech on people’s solidarity in the CoV crisis and with Ukraine’s refugees. At the start of the SPD’s state election campaign yesterday in Essen, he verbally attacked a group of suspects critical of the CoV.
The chancellor, known for his stoically calm demeanor, said he was proud of citizens’ solidarity with Ukraine’s refugees. Solidarity is also valid “when we talk about health. When we talk about how to protect each other. For example, throughout the time of the corona pandemic,” Scholz explained, as hisses and whistles grew louder and louder.
“And I’m saying this because some people are shouting out loud: Hello! Shout out, because that’s what we’re fighting for and what the citizens of Ukraine are fighting for. That you can speak your mind out loud without having to be afraid .”
“Needs some arguments”
Scholz drew attention to freedom of expression in a democracy like Germany: “That’s why I don’t accept the evil cynicism with which some say you can’t give your opinion on this subject here. It’s a lie! Look around dictatorships of this world and you’ll know what that means,” exclaimed the 63-year-old.
“Just because you scream it out loud doesn’t mean you’re right. But you need some arguments for that. And one of those arguments is that the corona pandemic is a great threat to all of humanity.”