“Anyone who wants to destroy socialism at the barricades, anyone who agitates against dissidents, entrepreneurs or landowners, will be able to make a small contribution to what constitutes the center,” says Spahn, referring to the Left Party. Anyone who “allows violence against journalists without commenting, and sometimes commenting with secret joy on it,” undermines the foundations of the democratic order, he says, referring to the AfD protests in Erfurt. He asks the leader of the left-wing parliamentary group, Reihinnek, to make a statement, but she rolls her eyes.
He also attacks the AfD – Alice Weidel has decided to “become a cover girl for Bjorn Höcke.” He recently complained that it was impossible to assign players to his team if they took off their jerseys. “He manages to bring his racism and his radicalism even into football – the most unifying thing we have. It’s simply unbearable,” complains Spahn. With his “ramblings about American-speaking Germans,” Hoecke gradually took over the leadership of the party and faction.