How much did the criticism over the 2006 World Cup award hurt Franz Beckenbauer before his death?
Talk master Sandra Maischberger discussed this on Wednesday evening with Focus founder Helmut Markwort (87), the deputy editor-in-chief of Spiegel Melanie Amann (46) and the author and Stern columnist Jagoda Marinić (46).
Markwort spoke about his relationship with football legend Beckenbauer, who died on Sunday at the age of 78.
They were “colleagues and partners,” says the ex-Focus boss about their time on the FC Bayern supervisory board, of which he was a member for seven years together with then-chairman Beckenbauer.
also read
“Last year he was hiding – he was broken”
“He hid last year – he was broken,” Markwort answered when asked how the emperor was doing recently. Heart problems were increasingly bothering him – but above all a “mental shock”.
The cause according to Markwort: The Spiegel cover story “The Destroyed Summer Fairy Tale” from 2015, according to which the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany, for which Beckenbauer had campaigned for years, was said to have been “bought”. Money laundering and breach of trust were discussed – criminal proceedings in Switzerland ultimately led to no charges.
“The mirror couldn’t destroy the great success of the World Cup,” said Markwort, looking at Amann, “but half of it destroyed one person – Franz Beckenbauer.”
also read
Does the traffic light save money for the wrong people?
This is what Maischberger wanted to know from Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (45, FDP) during the protest week.
After the federal government’s cuts in the newly drawn up budget for 2024, the farmers’ anger was huge. But after the traffic lights roll backwards, they still don’t have to pay vehicle tax for their tractors and trailers, are allowed to keep subsidies and will also receive subsidies for diesel in 2024. The protests continue anyway!
Lindner calculated: The agricultural sector is subsidized to the tune of nine billion euros every year with funds from Brussels and Berlin. “In 2025, 300 million euros will be lost.”
This means: just three percent will now be cut! Tolerable, according to the minister!
He suspects that there is “something completely different” behind the farmers’ protests.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner has been criticized for the budget crisis – but he sees Brussels as being to blame for the farmers’ anger
Photo: “maischberger” – Das Erste/WDR
Bureaucratic monsters such as the fertilizer regulations and very precise requirements for plant protection are to blame. “They see it as patronizing,” said the finance minister. “Let’s trust the farmers that they know how to manage their land,” said Lindner’s appeal.
A frontal attack on agricultural policy from Brussels: EU environmental protection rules, which Germany had to implement into national law, would have driven farmers onto the streets.
Christian Lindner defends himself against Sandra Maischberger in an attacking mood
also read
Maischberger doesn’t accept that: She wants to know why the federal government then imposed two cuts on the farmers who were scolded by the EU administration?
Lindner swallows!
After a short game of cat and mouse (“One cut!” – “No, two cuts.”), Lindner mumbles something about the internal analyzes that led to the decision.
The fact is: only a cut (no more diesel subsidies from 2025) should remain.
2024-01-11 02:36:10
#Maischberger #Markwort #Spiegel #destroyed #Beckenbauer #politics
