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Yanis Varoufakis on the Case Jan Böhmermann

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The Case Jan Böhmermann Part 6 Former Greece Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, another “victim” of Jan Böhmermann`s satire, takes a stand distinctly in favor of constitutional rights like freedom of speech. Next: The Case Jan Böhmermann Part 7 Dieter Hallervorden – Erdogan, zeig mich an! The story in short: After vigorous reactions of the Turkish ...

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The Case Jan Böhmermann Part 6



Former Greece Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis,


another “victim” of Jan Böhmermann`s satire,


takes a stand distinctly in favor of constitutional rights like freedom of speech.



Next:


The Case Jan Böhmermann Part 7


Dieter Hallervorden – Erdogan, zeig mich an!



The story in short:


After vigorous reactions of the Turkish administration


on satirical German broadcast “Extra 3” and the “Erdogan Song”,


Jan Böhmermann reacted in a show


and explained the difference between an unprohibited satire


like the “Extra 3 Erdogan Song”


and a smear poem, not permitted in Germany.



To bring it home what a not permitted smear poem is,


he performed an Erdogan smear poem,


which later became a political and juridical issue initiated by Erdogan.



On a solo run, against Cabinet of Ministers,


Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted double lawsuits


intended by the German lawyer of Erdogan against Jan Böhmermann


to be summoned to court.



Chancellor Angela Merkel invoked to follow the legal framework,


critics say she bypassed legal framework already before,


barged in with a phone call to Ankara earlier on.



On a final note,


the critical perception of Chancellor Angela Merkel`s


“dirty refugee deal” with Turkey and her spineless politics to keep it up


brought up the issue of an overlay on constitutional rights like freedom of speech.



What is not known, Turkish citizens reported some time later,


in Turkey the preamble of “satire vs smear poem” was cut


and solely broadcasts the smear poem.



Cutting the preamble is expected to be used as propaganda


to pretended a pure act of offense against the leader of Turkey,


to call nationhood and to tie up a divided country


by arguing not only Erdogan was offended but all Turkish people.



The prompt question is,


how could it be comedians (in this case)


have to fight for constitutional rights


which is a mandatory instruction to politicians ?



© RTL



Yanis Varoufakis
An accidental economist Let me begin with a confession: I am a Professor of Economics who has never really trained as an economist. But let’s take things one at a time.

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