Günther Jauch: Bernd Lucke behaves like a bar of soap – RP ONLINE

Berlin. ARD Talker Günther Jauch on Sunday evening was devoted to the theme “Pegida”. An informative discussion but did not materialize here. Instead, the round developed into a squabble between AFD boss Bernd Lucke and the Christian Democrat Jens Spahn.

“Pegida” the public is currently riddle , What is clear is that this Action Alliance has launched least 10,000 people for a demonstration under the slogan “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West” on the street. Who is behind “Pegida”? Those who come to these demonstrations and why? What do you want to reach these people?

Günther Jauch tried these questions on Sunday evening in his talk show entitled “frustration citizens and xenophobes – how dangerous are the new street protests?” to clarify – and failed. What an informative evening could have been developed into petty bickering.

The invited experts rarely had their say. Instead, moved quickly AfD boss Bernd Lucke at the center. When asked how the AfD am at Pegida, Lucke said: “I am impressed by the peaceful protests.”

That the name “Pegida” against Islamization. directed was a “message, where you may have concerns.” But at the same time have published with political demands “Pegida” a paper that “speak completely different languages” a. What did he mean exactly remained unclear.

This statement prompted CDU-man Spahn to the accusation that gap is always “like a bar of soap” gesticulation. “The AfD do not know exactly how to deal with it,” he countered the leaders of the euro critical party. Olaf Henkel rest “Pegida” from Alexander Gauland favor “Pegida” – and Lucke passe at how it just best fit

From now stood the examination of Spahn and gap in the center, in the AfD. awarded boss got an unusual amount of speaking time. Jauch was not able to provide for balanced conditions. At the end succeeded the moderator then but still Lucke sympathy with the “Pegida” prove

He presented a Facebook entry of the politician in which he had written. “I think the demands of Pediga legitimate, which are not all share. ”

The other guests of the evening remained pale. Political consultant Michael Spreng argued usual cool and came to the conclusion that it must be in the “Pegida” demonstrators to an accumulation of frustration citizens.

This view was shared by the otherwise unremarkable Gesine Schwan. The role of Wolfgang Donsbach, a communications expert from Dresden was mainly restricted it to emphasize that there was not more right-wing extremists in his hometown, as elsewhere

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