Schönbohm case
SPD: The Union’s handling of Faeser is just election campaign noise
The Committee for the Interior and Homeland has invited Federal Interior Minister Faeser on the occasion of the controversial dismissal of the head of the authority, Schönbohm. photo
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Nancy Faeser has to answer questions about the Schönbohm case in the Interior Committee today and later in the Bundestag. The Union’s criticism of her person is primarily “campaign noise,” says the SPD parliamentary group.
The SPD parliamentary group strengthens the Interior Minister Nancy Faeser demonstratively turned her back before questioning in the Bundestag. The first parliamentary group leader, Katja Mast, told the German Press Agency that she looks at the dates calmly. “What’s going to come out of that?”
Faeser is scheduled to answer questions from the Interior Committee on Wednesday morning and then hold a question time in the Bundestag. The focus of both appointments is likely to be dealing with Arne Schönbohm, the former president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). Faeser is accused of having relieved Schönbohm of his duties without good reason.
Faeser is the SPD’s top candidate in Hesse
Faeser is the SPD’s top candidate in Hesse for the state elections on October 8th. Mast sees the Union’s criticism of Faeser as primarily “campaign noise”. “The fear of Nancy Faeser’s election victory in Hesse runs deep within the CDU,” she said. Mast praised Faeser as Interior Minister who is finally ushering in a paradigm shift in migration, who is making breakthroughs that the Union has not been able to achieve for decades and who is taking a hard hand against enemies of the constitution.