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- 1Debate over Hape Kerkeling's snub by CDU and CSU●So tief sind wir gesunken. So tief… “Nicht, weil er [ # HapeKerkeling ] trotz seiner betonten Überparteilichkeit dann do
A German debate is under way about entertainer Hape Kerkeling and his treatment by the CDU and CSU in the context of the Bundesversammlung, the federal assembly that elects the president. Critics argue his exclusion, if that is what happened, had less to do with his claimed political neutrality being read as too left-leaning, and more with his clear anti-fascist stance. Commenters lament the state of German political culture, asking how low public discourse has sunk.