Berlin – Federal Training Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has once more refused questions on her resignation in relation to the funding enterprise. “I see no motive for this,” mentioned the FDP politician within the Bundestag’s Training Committee in response to a query from MP Ali Al-Dailami from the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
The Minister was invited to the committee assembly to reply open questions. It considerations whether or not and the way she was concerned in occasions at her house in reference to a letter of protest from Berlin lecturers condemning the evacuation of a pro-Palestinian camp on the Free College of Berlin.
Stark-Watzinger maintains criticism of the open letter
Stark-Watzinger criticized the college professors’ letter and is constant this criticism as a result of, in line with her, the letter unilaterally ignores the horrors of Hamas. Later, emails from his ministry have been made public, during which it was revealed that somebody excessive up in the home requested to see if the ministry might reduce funding to the writers of the letter consequently.
The concept was rapidly shelved after the home was introduced. After the matter grew to become public, Stark-Watzinger was separated from the secretary of state who initiated this audit order. She didn’t grant it herself nor did she need it.
Funding doesn’t rely on political ideology
Such an examination can be opposite to the rules of educational freedom, mentioned Stark-Watzinger within the committee. Funding wouldn’t be awarded primarily based on political ideology.
The FDP politician once more defended her criticism of the content material of the letter: This was an opinion piece, which she refuted and provided one other opinion. “An opinion of approval has no proper.”
The Minister: I solely grew to become conscious of the checklist of names after June 11
The controversy additionally pertains to the query of whether or not the Minister was concerned in drawing up an inventory of those that signed the letter and who have been concerned with the ministry, for instance by funding, previous to the aforementioned audit task. She didn’t fee this overview and it was created on the specialist stage and remained there, Stark-Watzinger mentioned.
She solely grew to become conscious of it after June 11. In response to his assertion, this additionally applies to the e-mail with the take a look at order. Opposition politicians suspect that the Minister was not concerned in these occasions. On the committee assembly, CDU MP Thomas Jarzombek additionally accused Stark-Watzinger of not answering questions he had requested.