Markus Lanz (ZDF) attacks Peter Altmaier – He feels "shame"

At Markus Lanz (ZDF), the outgoing Minister of Economic Affairs Altmaier comments on the further corona course and the repositioning of his party.

Berlin – “A film has to start with an earthquake and then slowly increase.” Was the recipe for success of the American film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879 – 1974, “Stormy Heights”, “The Best Years of Our Life”, “Heavy Boys – easy girls ”). Markus Lanz took at least the first part to heart during his talk show on ZDF on Tuesday evening (November 9th, 2021). At his introduction he greets – as always – a “nice group” full of familiar faces.

This time there: Dr. Carola Holzner, senior physician at a Duisburg clinic, journalist Claudia Kade, political expert from Die Welt, author Frank Schätzing, whose climate change bible “What if we simply save the world?” Bestseller hardcover non-fiction book “landed, and CDU politician Peter Altmaier.

Markus Lanz (ZDF): The need of the refugees in Belarus is a topic

He accused the outgoing Federal Minister of Economics after showing pictures of people, including many children, on the border between Belarus and Poland, who on November 8th said “German! German! “, So not entirely correct” Germany! Germany! “Chanted:” We are making ourselves vulnerable to blackmail! “He is right when he says that” one dictator after another “and he also calls them by their names – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Aljaksandr Lukashenka – pushes small children forward, they systematically instrumentalized and the current government simply watches with open mouth at this “cynical, disgusting game”.

Peter Altmaier is struggling to keep his composure: He finds the images shown “also touching”. When the moderator, visibly upset, adds: (“We have a responsibility!”) And Claudia Kade also wants to know “Where is Angela Merkel in the whole case?” The heavyweight lawyer shifts nervously on his seat: The government has done everything to help people and “take humanitarian responsibility into account”. Not entirely wrong, because Germany has taken in two thirds of two million refugees in recent years, and one third has found shelter in Scandinavia and the Netherlands.

When it comes to Belarus, Markus Lanz (ZDF) is really on the move

Peter Altmaier continues to traditionally call Belarus Belarus. Now Markus Lanz (ZDF) is really on the move: “Mr. Lukashenka must know that we will not accept this game!” One could not wait for the long bureaucratic routes within the European Union. He receives approval from Claudia Kade, who knows that Aljaksandr Lukashenka would not do anything without Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin having a hand in it.

Peter Altmaier is now d’accord. One must consider whether the sanctions against “Belarus” (he obviously has a problem with the name “Belarus”) should not be drastically tightened. And then, in contrast to his other statements in the evening, he becomes clear: “Lord, Lukashenka is a mafioso!”

Corona talk at Markus Lanz (ZDF): “We live in times of disaster”

Cologne crime fiction creator Frank Schätzing, who was only known to literary insiders before his breakthrough with “Der Schwarm” (2005), in which an unknown intelligent form of life from the deep sea threatens the foundations of human existence, succeeds with the succinct sentence “We living in catastrophic times ”the transition to the ongoing topic of the last two years: Corona. And again poor Peter Altmaier has to put up with accusations on behalf of the federal government, which will soon be replaced by the Ampel coalition, especially by Claudia Kade and Dr. Carola Holzner.

The incidences are increasing to an extent that could not be suspected in the summer. Free rapid tests simply abolished. Hospitals full. Caregivers overloaded. 2G or 3G regulation? According to Markus Lanz, the “180 degree turn” by the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn from ending the pandemic emergency to general compulsory vaccination in a few days. How do you finally get the Covid-19 pandemic under control? Peter Altmaier admits that his party colleague was “not clear enough” here, but made no mistake in the “legal sense” because the current development could not be foreseen in the summer.

Corona at Markus Lanz (ZDF): Vaccination rate in Germany too low

For Dr. Carola Holzner, we are driving around the curve at full throttle in Germany, knowing that we will not be able to take the curve. Frank Schätzing sees the problem in the fact that we have to constantly correct ourselves in the Corona policy: “We’re messing around!” Claudia Kade has heard “no fiery speeches about booster vaccination” from the ranks of the Union. Dr. Carola Holzner is in favor of discussing compulsory vaccinations. Peter Altmaier too, without specifying which professional groups should be obliged to do so. For them, however, it is clear what he does not say: it should be the nursing staff for their own protection and for the protection of others. France is more drastic, says Markus Lanz.

President Emmanuel Macron said to the nurses in July that they could only work if they had been vaccinated twice, “otherwise there is no money!” Carola Holzner relies on education and persuasion in her everyday clinic. “I would have loved to hang vaccination doses on my lapel,” then nine out of ten unvaccinated patients would still be persuaded to do so. “If you have to vaccinate, then only from Dr. Holzner! ”Jokes Markus Lanz, who thinks the vaccination rate is too low for 70 percent. In Denmark, there is now agreement that you have to reach 91 or 92 percent to knock out the pandemic.

Markus Lanz does not talk about the side effects of corona vaccinations

With all these calls for vaccinations, the sometimes drastic side effects are unfortunately not discussed at all, which are not isolated cases after all. In two women, both in their early thirties, one of whom was a nurse, from the circle of friends of the author of these lines, the female cycle was completely confused for a while after being vaccinated twice. The author himself, who was vaccinated with Biontech, also in order to take part in cultural life again – although too young for this and without a previous illness – got heart problems shortly after the second dose, something from the German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB) in the Charité Virchow-Klinikum campus has been reported to the Paul Ehrlich Institute. Fortunately, after the stents have been inserted, everything is as good as before.

The last 22 minutes until midnight and the end of the broadcast on ZDF are dedicated to climate change. But first of all, Frank Schätzing wishes Peter Altmaier “a happy retirement”. The thank you really goes to someone who has tackled so many delicate topics with “friendliness and openness” – and always has to take a lot. For the communication scientist, “all governments have done too little”.

Peter Altmaier’s admission of a “political failure” in this regard honors him. The climate conference in Glasgow unfortunately revealed “that the goals defined in Kyoto and Paris have not been achieved”. The global warming of 1.5 – 2 degrees Celsius can hardly be prevented and thus the melting of the polar ice caps or the disappearance of the rainforests. For too long, Germany subsidized technological stagnation instead of innovative systems such as aircraft wind turbines.

Markus Lanz attacks Peter Altmaier on ZDF

Markus Lanz (ZDF) again attacks Peter Altmaier, who has been Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy in the Merkel IV cabinet since March 14, 2018 (incidentally, since October 26, 2021 “only” managing director). 350 billion euros were put into subsidizing conventional energy generation such as coal-fired power plants, but not a penny in renewable energies. Here the host proves to be incompetent. Peter Altmaier explains to him. The same amount went into wind turbines and other innovative systems. Unlike Emmanuel Macron, Germany has not invested in radiation-free mini power plants. Without innovation there would be no “green economic miracle”, says Frank Schätzing.

But the magic word “green hydrogen” must first be produced. Instead of importing “green hydrogen” from the Saudis, it is more pleasant to get it from Morocco and Algeria. But Saudi Arabia has the money to produce this energy itself, says Peter Altmaier. The other two countries have to provide development aid beforehand. However, Markus Lanz and Peter Altmaier can no longer really agree today. That is why the smart South Tyrol does not want to invite the down-to-earth Saarlander again until “when it is all over”. “Let’s have a look,” replies Peter Altmaier casually diplomatically like only Franz Beckenbauer once did. After the earthquake, people will probably smoke the peace pipe first. (Marc Hairapetian)