Göring-Eckardt: "AfD values can be brought back down"

"If you want a neck steak, eat a neck steak"

She rejected the accusation of being a party of prohibition. "I don't want to dictate to anyone what or how they eat, what or how they speak," said the 57-year-old. "If you want a neck steak, eat a neck steak." But: "If you reflect the true cost of it to some extent, then it's no longer available for less than two euros. We have to endure this honesty together."

Göring-Eckardt sharply criticized the AfD, which for its part often comes down hard on the Greens. "The AfD is creative in inventing alleged bans that the Greens wanted," she said. "This is an organization that is good at saying no and rabble-rousing. It offers nothing for the concrete concerns of people in everyday life. It stirs up hatred and agitation."

With a view to future elections, Göring-Eckardt predicted: "You can get the AfD's ratings down again." The decisive factor is the confidence of the traffic light coalition in itself, the confidence of the people in politics and of politics in the people. "I have no desire to give up before we have even started. Before the three state elections in eastern Germany, the sun rises and falls very often."