At the start of the Lit.Cologne, Michel Friedman and Robert Habeck discuss hatred of Jews in Germany, routine display of the state flag – and how real empathy is expressed.
The scandal at the Berlinale was no longer discussed. One would not have been surprised if the journalist and lawyer Michel Friedman had taken the opportunity, in the presence of Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens), to ask again why his party colleague Claudia Roth did not raise an objection than last week At the closing event of the film festival, Israel was declared an apartheid state from the stage. But at the opening event of the Lit. Cologne It was less about assigning blame and making demands on individuals than about naming a problem for society as a whole.