He is one of the top politicians who prefer to do things themselves – also on Twitter. For Peter Altmaier (63), no social media team formulates finely tuned tweets, but the ex-minister himself finds out what he thinks …
So also last New Year’s Eve.
It starts with the well-known CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen (46), son of ex-ARD chairman Fritz Pleitgen (83), tweeted in English: “Judging by the noise in my neighborhood, the ban on firecrackers worked in my part of Berlin not really. ”
Altmaier enthusiastically agrees: “I agree: Böllerverkaufsvefbot didntreslly work. But EU internal market apparently works like hell! “
Translated: “I agree. Firecracker sales ban didn’t really work. But the EU internal market apparently works like hell! “
An allusion to the fact that many Germans simply got their rockets and firecrackers in neighboring countries.
Too much for humorless Twitter: The ex-minister is criticized by some users for his moodiness. The subject is serious.
Others judge more mildly: “Drinking games with Kubicki are not a good idea, you can only lose …”, writes one. “I think tweets from New Year’s Eve should be subject to an immediate general amnesty!” Says another.
But then Altmaier goes one better. In response to Pleitgen’s New Year’s wishes, he wrote: “The same to you, Sir! Life is beautiful! Noises in the streets of Berlin as if a communist army would attack! See you soon again! “
Translated: “The same for you, sir! Life is beautiful! Noise in the streets of Berlin, as if a communist army was attacking! Bye for now!”
That goes too far for some. Green politician Renate Künast, a member of the state on Twitter, reprimands Altmaier: “My colleague Peter Altmaier shouldn’t make fun of it. Berlin really knows such worries. “
Which in turn causes Künast a lot of trouble with party leftists! They weren’t worried. After all, the Red Army overthrew Hitler with its attack on Berlin.
It goes back and forth, the reactions range from “Twittergott” to “Don’t drink and tweet” – and the new year actually begins with the fact that nobody in Germany tweets more than Peter Altmaier.
A user asks: “Give him a Twitter ministry. Simply that way!”
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