Christel Wegner

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Christel Wegner in November 2009

Christel Wegner (born November 16, 1947 in Hamburg-Moorburg ) is a German politician of the German Communist Party (DKP). From 2008 to 2013 she was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament . She was elected via the electoral list of the party Die Linke . In the same year she was expelled from their parliamentary group after defending the construction of the Berlin Wall and speaking out in favor of reintroducing an organ like the GDR State Security to help establish a new form of society.

Life

Wegner comes from a communist family and is a trained nurse . From 1968 to 1990 she worked in this profession at the Buchholz district hospital in Nordheide , where she was a member of the staff council and chairwoman of the staff council. From 1990 to 1992 she completed professional training to become a nursing manager and then from 1992 to 1993 she was head of department at the Lower Saxony State Hospital in Lüneburg. From 1994 to 2002 she was the head of nursing at the Buchholz district hospital; she retired in December 2007.

Political offices

Wegner is a board member of the DKP in Lower Saxony , to which she has belonged since the party was founded in 1968. In the state election in Lower Saxony in 2008 , she moved into the state parliament via the state list of the Left as a member of the state parliament, but on February 18, 2008, in a crisis meeting , she excluded the left faction by unanimous decision after Wegner had the construction of the Berlin Wall and the GDR state security had defended. Wegner is also a member of the ver.di trade union and the association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime - Association of Antifascists (VVN-BdA).

Political positions and impact

Wegner became known nationwide in February 2008 when he asked the ARD magazine Panorama for a different form of society to be brought about by a revolutionary upheaval, with “deposition of capital” and “ socialization of the means of production ”. In order to protect itself against “ reactionary forces ” “ softening from within ”, this state should also protect itself by reintroducing a secret service . According to the Panorama press release, which caused a lot of media coverage, Wegner was referring to an organ similar to the GDR Ministry for State Security . Regarding the difference between its political positions and the Left Party, Wegner said in the same interview: “The Left wants to achieve changes through reforms, and we are of the opinion that this is not enough. We want society to be restructured. ”Wegner also defended the construction of the Berlin Wall and generally acknowledged“ unlimited solidarity ”with“ comrades who have spent their whole lives building a different form of society ”. The conversation was published in excerpts by the ARD.

As a result of her interview, Wegner experienced criticism and calls for resignation from politicians from all parties represented in the Bundestag, including the left. Hubertus Heil , then General Secretary of the SPD, called Wegner's statement "anti-democratic and historically forgotten". The party executive of the Left distanced itself from the content of Wegner's statements. The Lower Saxony parliamentary group leader of the Left Kreszentia Flauger advised Wegner to resign from her state parliament mandate. Gregor Gysi also criticized the West German party associations for their collaboration with the DKP in the state elections in Lower Saxony, Hesse and Hamburg and suspected Wegner of being an agent provocateur for the protection of the constitution . Klaus Ernst , then vice chairman of the Left in the Bundestag, described the DKP as a “ sect ”. The Lower Saxony parliamentary group of the Left excluded Wegner on February 18, 2008, because Wegner violated an agreement according to which she had to return her parliamentary mandate as soon as fundamental differences arise with the programmatic orientation of the left. Christel Wegner, however, did not give up her mandate, contrary to the demands for resignation and remained in parliament as a non-attached member until the end of the 2013 legislative period.

In a statement, Christel Wegner accused Panorama of a misleading cut and stated that she did not want, as Panorama and the press put it, “the Stasi back”. All she said was that every state had a secret service and of course this also applied to a socialist state. Wegner's position was largely viewed as inadequate within the left, but at the same time media coverage was also criticized. So described z. B. Jürgen Reents the media response to the Panorama press release as "joy of indignation". In the journal Konkret she commented on the events in an interview with Georg Fülberth .

Parliamentary activities

On December 17, 2008, your minor inquiry of July 4, 2008 on the shipment of lye from the Asse research mine was published as a state parliamentary document. This inquiry made the fact public that lye from the mine had been brought to closed mines of K + S AG for years.

Sentenced for public incitement to criminal offenses

On September 26, 2012, the majority of the Lower Saxony state parliament lifted Wegner's immunity. This cleared the way for a trial against the MPs, in which she was charged with a call to " gravel Castor ". The faction on the left voted against the waiver of immunity. The public prosecutor's office in Lüneburg had offered to discontinue the proceedings against payment of 500 euros. Wegner refused this. In April 2013, like Inge Höger and Sevim Dağdelen, she was sentenced to a fine for publicly inciting criminal offenses .

Web links

Commons : Christel Wegner  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Linke separates from Stasi supporter. In: Kölnische Rundschau. February 18, 2008, accessed on March 6, 2008 (dpa): “Wegner said in an interview that when building a new form of society, an organ like the GDR State Security Service would be needed to fend off 'reactionary forces'. She also defended the building of the wall. "
  2. ↑ a b Georg Fülberth: Interview: “You don't shirk”. Does she want the Stasi back and rebuild the wall? In: Concrete Online. November 2008, accessed December 6, 2008 .
  3. ↑ Björn Hengst: East Realos want to tame confused westerners. In: Spiegel Online. January 31, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  4. ↑ Panorama: Lower Saxony state parliament member calls for the reintroduction of the Stasi. In: The first. February 14, 2008, accessed June 5, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Oliver Das Gupta: MPs calls for Stasi reloaded. In: sueddeutsche.de. February 14, 2008, accessed June 2, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Martin Lutz: Politician of the Left Party calls for new Stasi. In: Welt Online. February 14, 2008, accessed May 6, 2008 .
  7. ↑ Christoph Waitz: Whoever supports the Left Party prepares the way for incorrigible communists. (No longer available online.) In: FDP parliamentary group. February 14, 2008, archived from the original on September 22, 2009 ; Retrieved March 6, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fdp-fraktion.de
  8. ↑ "Evil trivialization". In: sueddeutsche.de. February 14, 2008, accessed June 1, 2015 .
  9. ^ J. König & K. Schöneberg: Stasi, Stuss, Super GAU. In: taz.de. February 16, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  10. ↑ Alrun Nüßlein: The board of directors distances itself in all forms. In: Die Linke. February 14, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  11. ↑ Dream of a DKP pensioner. In: n-tv.de. February 14, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  12. ↑ Left MP wants the Stasi back. In: netzeitung.de. February 14, 2008, archived from the original on February 15, 2008 ; Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
  13. ↑ Cordula Eubel and Stephan Haselberger: “Prohibiting coalitions is stupid”. In: Der Tagesspiegel. February 17, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  14. ^ Björn Hengst: Left-wing politician calls for the DKP to be dissolved. In: Spiegel Online. February 15, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  15. ↑ Left parliamentary group excludes Stasi fan Wegner. In: Spiegel Online. February 18, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  16. ↑ Linke excludes DKP politician. In: stern.de. February 18, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  17. ↑ Christel Wegner: Personal statement. (No longer available online.) In: DKP Buchholz-Nordheide. February 14, 2008, archived from the original on February 28, 2008 ; Retrieved March 6, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dkp-nordheide.de
  18. ↑ Jürgen Reents: The joy of indignation. In: New Germany. February 20, 2008, accessed March 6, 2008 .
  19. ↑ Christel Wegner: Small inquiry from Christel Wegner. (PDF; 38 kB) In: Landtag printed matter. December 17, 2008, accessed December 20, 2008 .
  20. ^ Hamburger Abendblatt - Hamburg: Lower Saxony - Landtag lifts Wegner's immunity - Lüneburg - Hamburger Abendblatt . In: Abendblatt.de .
  21. ↑ State Parliament lifts immunity Taz September 27, 2012
  22. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany: Left-wing MPs sentenced for calling for "gravel" . In: SPIEGEL ONLINE . April 23, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Wegner, Christel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DKP), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg-Moorburg