Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has refused to reveal the names of the guests she invited to a secret dinner. She did not answer a parliamentary question from CDU member of parliament Gitta Connemann.
The dinner with anti-Israel activists took place on September 12. It became public due to the indiscretion of participants. The pro-Palestinian activists Alena Jabarine and Emilia Roig had posted photos of the event on Instagram and the Federal Foreign Office has now only stated that the dinner cost 1,859.50 euros. The aim of the dinner was to ‘represent a broad spectrum of opinions’. The minister’s office, the planning staff and several departments were involved in the ‘preparation and follow-up work’, as the Bild newspaper quotes from the reply.
Connemann told the newspaper: ‘What is the Foreign Minister afraid of? She refuses to provide information about the guests. This is not about a private dinner, but about a dinner at the taxpayer’s expense. The public has the right to transparency.’
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group believes that parliament’s statutory right to information has been violated because Baerbock does not name her guests. Parliamentary Secretary Thorsten Frei has now written to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to complain about the Foreign Minister: ‘This behaviour does not meet the requirements of proper handling of the parliamentary right to question.
Baerbock schweigt über Geheim-Dinner mit Anti-Israel-Aktivisten (jungefreiheit.de)
Fat hog Baerbock should be roasted on a spit alongside the Islamic invaders.