Berlin – A sentence by the Green politician Cansin Köktürk causes a stir and discussion. Köktürk said in the group with a view to the federal election: “Personally, I think it’s a scandal that most of the first-time voters have voted for the FDP.” that? “The Green politician affirmed:” Yes, I think that’s terrible … “. Lanz interrupts her: “There’s nothing scandalous about that!”
FDP veteran Gerhart Baum also counters: “Please! Are you so alien to the term performance that people want to perform that they are given a chance to achieve something? ”Then Köktürk tries to explain her attitude. She thinks it is “bad that our generation does not see how important climate protection and social justice are in contrast to liberal freedom and the economy. This is my opinion”. Already in the upbringing, the focus is too much on things like performance, career, money and growth. That would lead to people “becoming poor inside”.
The discussion about the sentence of the young politician is now also being conducted on social networks. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, member of the FDP federal executive board, writes: “The election of a liberal party can be many things, but above all it is one thing: democratic. And the choice of a democratic party, whatever it is, can never be a scandal, it is a fundamental right. “
Tilo Jung defends Cansin Köktürk against Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
The journalist Tilo Jung, however, takes Cansin Köktürk under protection. He also saw the show. Jung: “@cansinkoek has neither questioned the democratic aspect of it nor the fundamental right to it. She was doing it, she said for minutes, in order to vote young people’s decision against their interests. ”Strack-Zimmermann does not want to accept this argument. The politician replies: “She found it scandalous to vote for a democratic party. She expressed it that way. ”It was“ a certain hubris against 23 percent of first-time voters to claim that they voted against the interests of young people ”.
And further addressed to Tilo Jung: “These first-time voters may have voted against the interests of Ms. Köktürk, but there is certainly no general definition of the interests of young people. You must also take note of this. ”