First of all, let me thank you for inviting me onto the programme this morning. I like the radio, yes, it’s true, I also like speaking on the radio—I think it’s a democratic medium. Everyone has a radio, it’s a good way to get the people’s message out.
This morning I want to talk about the Round Tables. As you know, I’m an elected member of the Volkskammer, so I get around the ministries a lot. I see a lot of messengers from the Round Tables. We’re not talking about one or two, but scores of them. These Round Table lackeys make vexatious queries, and they expect our government ministers to take time to deal with them.
They behave as though they were part of our democratically elected government.
But the Round Tables aren’t elected. They’re not even mentioned in the constitution. They are lobbies. Lobbies for unelected and unelectable busybodies.
These Round Tables, these lobbies, they’re interfering in the serious business of running the country.
And what about Hanna Krause, the chair of the Central Round Table? She claims she can solve the problems of our country. But how can she solve any problems if she spends all her time sitting in meetings?
Let’s be clear: Hanna Krause and her absurd knitting circles can’t even solve their own problems, never mind the country’s.