The G7 foreign ministers are currently meeting in the historic Peace Hall of Münster City Hall. Beforehand, the office of Minister Annalena Baerbock ( The Greens) had a historic cross from 1540 removed from the wall. In order to take “religious backgrounds” into account.
The G in G7 apparently does not stand for “God”. The Ministry of the Green Foreign Minister justifies this by saying that it wants to take into account the different religious backgrounds of the participants when asked by German journalists. It remains unclear exactly whose feelings one wanted to watch out for. Whether France, Great Britain, Italy, the USA, Canada or Japan had a problem with a Christian symbol? Questionable …
That leaves the two participants from Africa. Ghana and Kenya are also predominantly Christian countries. Such a request has never been made to the municipality before, according to the administration. The cross dates back to 1540 and is thus about as old as the wooden wall unit in front of which it stands. All new councillors were sworn in before this cross.