Translations by yours truly. Original article [A] from Apollo News, plus Strack-Zimmermann clapping back on Twitter... only to get clapped back by Apollo News
The FDP politician Strack-Zimmermann rigorously retaliates against allegedly insulting statements on the Internet. Now the corresponding authority replies to Apollo News: The burden caused by Strack-Zimmermann's charges is high.
The FDP politician and EU representative Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Again and again, the FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann feels insulted by statements on the Internet and legally retaliates against them. Recently, a case from Lippetal caused an outrage. A female user called Strack-Zimmermann an "ugly crone" and had to pay a total of 800 euros before the case was closed (Apollo News reported).
Apollo News requested information at the headquarter and media department of cyber crime North-Rhine Westphalia (ZAC NRW) regarding Strack-Zimmermann's charges, the responsible office for the public prosecution in Cologne. Because the former member of federal parliament resides in Düsseldorf, the presses most of her charges there. In total, the ZAC NRW has received 1970 pressed charges by a law firm that got tasked by Strack-Zimmermann, they explained to Apollo News.
The charges always come in bulk with hundreds of them at once each, a ZAC NRW spokesman said. They told Apollo News: "The workload is quite high and surely it went up with the increased filing of criminal charges." Especially curious is the fact that, to process the charges, a total of eight employees had to be tasked: Five public prosecutors had to tackle the occasionally "complicated situations with correspondingly increased time burdens". Three further persons were tasked with documenting and mailing the case files.
Other than the charges pressed by Strack-Zimmermann, all employees were also tasked with other duties, but the workload for the legal adventures of the EU representative is enormous.
Strack-Zimmermann is one of the most controversial politicians of Germany. During the COVID crisis, she supported intrusive measures like lockdowns and mandatory masking. Later, she was among the first politicians who supported mandatory vaccinations. Especially, she championed a facility-based mandatory vaccination. During a campaigning event in April, she threatened to tell on a critic's boss. "Does your boss know what you're doing here?" Strack-Zimmermann asked the man who wanted to talk to her.
Recently, due to a home search at a pensioner, a debate on politicians' charges has been caused in Germany. More often, high-level politicians file criminal charges against alleged insults and threats on the Internet. For instance, Federal Minister of the Economy Robert Habeck filed criminal charges against a pensioner from Frankia because he shared a meme on X (formerly Twitter) in which the Green politician was called a "knucklehead" (Apollo News reported).
On the past Sunday, Apollo News exclusively reported on the home search against a woman who shared an image montage on X in which, among others, Habeck and Baerbock got misquoted. The two Green federal ministers are, when it comes to charges pressed, alone at the top in the federal administration. In total, in their function as top-level government executives, they pressed over 1300 charges because of insults or threats (Apollo News reported).
Dr. Dr. Rainer Zitelmann: "Embarrassing for the FDP."
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann: "Embarrassing when such a tabloid is the source for your claim."
Max Mannhart: "The source is the press office at the public prosecution office in Cologne. But apparently, you don't care about the consequences of your actions. Denouncing critical press is easier as well. Considering that you massively file criminal charges, you're provoking a bit too much..."
A thousand cases because of insults: Strack-Zimmermann's charges occupy five public prosecutors
The FDP politician Strack-Zimmermann rigorously retaliates against allegedly insulting statements on the Internet. Now the corresponding authority replies to Apollo News: The burden caused by Strack-Zimmermann's charges is high.
The FDP politician and EU representative Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Again and again, the FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann feels insulted by statements on the Internet and legally retaliates against them. Recently, a case from Lippetal caused an outrage. A female user called Strack-Zimmermann an "ugly crone" and had to pay a total of 800 euros before the case was closed (Apollo News reported).
Apollo News requested information at the headquarter and media department of cyber crime North-Rhine Westphalia (ZAC NRW) regarding Strack-Zimmermann's charges, the responsible office for the public prosecution in Cologne. Because the former member of federal parliament resides in Düsseldorf, the presses most of her charges there. In total, the ZAC NRW has received 1970 pressed charges by a law firm that got tasked by Strack-Zimmermann, they explained to Apollo News.
The charges always come in bulk with hundreds of them at once each, a ZAC NRW spokesman said. They told Apollo News: "The workload is quite high and surely it went up with the increased filing of criminal charges." Especially curious is the fact that, to process the charges, a total of eight employees had to be tasked: Five public prosecutors had to tackle the occasionally "complicated situations with correspondingly increased time burdens". Three further persons were tasked with documenting and mailing the case files.
Other than the charges pressed by Strack-Zimmermann, all employees were also tasked with other duties, but the workload for the legal adventures of the EU representative is enormous.
Strack-Zimmermann is one of the most controversial politicians of Germany. During the COVID crisis, she supported intrusive measures like lockdowns and mandatory masking. Later, she was among the first politicians who supported mandatory vaccinations. Especially, she championed a facility-based mandatory vaccination. During a campaigning event in April, she threatened to tell on a critic's boss. "Does your boss know what you're doing here?" Strack-Zimmermann asked the man who wanted to talk to her.
Recently, due to a home search at a pensioner, a debate on politicians' charges has been caused in Germany. More often, high-level politicians file criminal charges against alleged insults and threats on the Internet. For instance, Federal Minister of the Economy Robert Habeck filed criminal charges against a pensioner from Frankia because he shared a meme on X (formerly Twitter) in which the Green politician was called a "knucklehead" (Apollo News reported).
On the past Sunday, Apollo News exclusively reported on the home search against a woman who shared an image montage on X in which, among others, Habeck and Baerbock got misquoted. The two Green federal ministers are, when it comes to charges pressed, alone at the top in the federal administration. In total, in their function as top-level government executives, they pressed over 1300 charges because of insults or threats (Apollo News reported).
Dr. Dr. Rainer Zitelmann: "Embarrassing for the FDP."
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann: "Embarrassing when such a tabloid is the source for your claim."
Max Mannhart: "The source is the press office at the public prosecution office in Cologne. But apparently, you don't care about the consequences of your actions. Denouncing critical press is easier as well. Considering that you massively file criminal charges, you're provoking a bit too much..."
