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The strange career of Günther Oettinger


Günther Oettinger has never been one to bite his tongue.
There was that time back in 2000 when he broke into the banned “Deutschland,-Deutschland-über-Alles” verse at a celebration of his German nationalist fraternity. Or the time as Baden-Württemberg premier he lamented that Germany was surrounded by friendly neighbors: “The unfortunate thing is, there won’t be another war,” he joked. Then there was the time this year he said he would “shoot myself” if Frauke Petry, the populist leader of the Alternative for Germany, were his wife.

Then, as now, Oettinger’s folksiness was central to his appeal. With a Swabian accent so thick …read more

Source: European Voice

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