Christopher Lauer

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Christopher Lauer, 2010

David Christopher Georg Lauer (born June 19, 1984 in Simmern / Hunsrück ) is a former German politician and current publicist . He was a member of the Pirate Party from July 2009 to September 2014 and a member of the SPD from September 2016 to May 2019 . From September 2011 to October 2016 he was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives . In February 2018, he announced his preliminary retirement from active politics. Since then he has been working as a publicist.

Life and political work

education and profession

Christopher Lauer grew up in Bonn . During school hours on Pädagogium the Otto-Kühne-Schule in the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg he participated in the Gifted , conveying Demanding, research the University of Bonn in part and studied physics . After graduating from high school, there followed community service and a regular physics course, which he broke off. In 2005 he moved to Berlin , where from 2006 he studied culture and technology with a focus on the history of science and technology at the Technical University of Berlin . He finished this bachelor's degree in 2018 and then began a master's degree in the history of science and technology.

From 2008 to 2009 he studied at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China . From spring 2011 until the parliamentary elections in September 2011, he was employed by Pavel Mayer's company.

In addition to his parliamentary activities , Lauer worked for the Axel Springer Group as a freelance consultant on issues of data protection and data security from January 2015 . From April 2015 to the end of 2015 he was Head of Strategic Innovations at the media group. The contract was canceled by mutual agreement.

In 2017 Lauer took on a guest role in the television series jerks.

Pirate party

After his return from China , he joined the Pirate Party in July 2009 and, after the 2009 Bundestag election campaign, pushed ahead with the basic democratic concept of Liquid Democracy developed by members of the Berlin regional association . During his time on the federal board from 2010 to 2011, he was responsible for the implementation of the Liquid Democracy software LiquidFeedback at the federal level. Together with Marcel-André Casasola Merkle , he regularly exchanged views on the development of the party in the joint podcast Pirate Talks .

On May 16, 2010, Lauer was elected as an assessor in the federal executive committee at the fifth federal party conference of the Pirate Party Germany in Bingen am Rhein , after losing 38% to 52% against Jens Seipenbusch in the election for chairman . Until May 2011, he performed as such, among other things, the duties of political director of the pirates. This area of ​​responsibility was not assigned to a fixed party office in the party at the federal level between 2009 and 2011. At the federal party conference in Heidenheim an der Brenz in May 2011, he was defeated by Sebastian Nerz in the election for chairman with 39% to 61%. On March 1, 2014, Lauer was elected chairman of the Pirate Party Berlin with 57.9% .

Member of Parliament

In September 2011, he won a mandate in the election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 2011 on tenth place on the state list of the Berlin Pirate Party . He perceived this as the domestic and health policy spokesman for his group. In the first election as leader of the pirate faction in the Berlin House of Representatives, he narrowly lost.

On June 22nd, 2012 he was elected chairman of the parliamentary group together with Andreas Baum . In the subsequent election on June 11, 2013, Lauer did not run again. Since August 6, 2013, he has been the spokesman for civic engagement of the pirate faction and a member of the committee for civic engagement in the Berlin House of Representatives.

Despite his resignation in September 2014, Lauer was initially still a member of the faction of the Pirate Party.

Resignation

Waiting for the SPD federal party conference, 2017

On September 18, 2014, Lauer announced his resignation from the chairmanship of the Berlin State Association and his resignation from the Pirate Party. He justified his resignation by saying that he did not see a majority for the plans for the professionalization of the party announced at the time of his election. Even before Lauer's resignation, party leader Stefan Körner had announced his intention to have him removed from his chairmanship, among other things because of “verbal degradation of the Pirate Party” and the publicly postulated intention of Lauer to separate the regional association from the federal party.

In 2016, Lauer left the Berlin House of Representatives together with the rest of the parliamentary group after the party only received 1.7 percent of the vote in the election , while 5% would have been necessary to remain.

SPD membership

In September 2016 he joined the SPD . In October 2017, he said in an interview that the then SPD General Secretary Katarina Barley had previously promised him a promising place on the list in the federal election . In May 2019, however, he resigned from the SPD.

ADHD

Lauer stated in January 2012 that he had adult attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to his own statements, he was diagnosed with ADHD in mid-2011. With his step in public, Lauer wanted to “encourage other ADHD sufferers to deal courageously, confidently and openly with this condition”. He is open to taking a drug with the active ingredient methylphenidate for ADHD . He addressed this in the FAZ and in talk shows with Markus Lanz and Stuckrad Late Night .

Political positions

Violence protection clinic at the Berlin Charité

The establishment of the violence protection outpatient clinic at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin goes back to an initiative by Lauer. Together with the pirate faction in the Berlin House of Representatives, Lauer applied to set up a violence protection clinic at the Charité, which should enable the victims of sexual and domestic violence to be able to keep the traces of the crime confidential. The motion was tabled in the plenary session on September 12, 2013. In the plenary session on July 3, 2014, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution to set up a violence protection clinic. Meanwhile, the violence protection outpatient clinic at the Charité is financed annually with one million euros from the Berlin state budget.

Permanent general meeting

While he was a member of the Pirate Party, Lauer was an advocate of the Permanent General Assembly (SMV) as an additional party organ.

“What you have to let yourself melt on your tongue is the image that we give off. We drive across the republic to federal party conferences to plug in our computers, read about the federal party conference on Twitter and then complain that the internet is not working. "

- Waiting for the SMV

Copyright and ancillary copyright

On September 4, 2012, Lauer published a draft for a specific amendment to the copyright law . This was based on a decision of the Pirate Party from December 2011. Lauer was criticized for the way in which he introduced the draft, as there was reporting in Spiegel Online and Welt Online at the same time as it was published in the party's LiquidFeedback system . The draft received a majority in the Pirate Party's LiquidFeedback system.

On the occasion of the Google News Initiative, Lauer gave an interview to the news magazine Spiegel in May 2015 in his role as Head of Strategic Innovations at Axel Springer Verlag . In this he expressed himself in relation to the ancillary copyright law to the effect that the Internet company Google should adhere to applicable German law. This was perceived by parts of the network community as a U-turn to its previous position.

Publications

Political

  • With Sascha Lobo : The rise and fall of the pirate party . Sobooks.de Digital Media GmbH, Hamburg 2014.
  • (Ed.): Interior. Report of the pirate faction on domestic politics . Pirate faction in the Berlin House of Representatives, Berlin 2015 ( PDF ).
  • Why I think I can do better : In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 3, 2018 ( online ).
  • Which social democrat will Putin vote for? : In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , October 20, 2019 ( online ).

Scientific

  • Circumstances and requirements for Wernher von Braun's entry into the Heereswaffenamt . Bachelor thesis at TU Berlin / Faculty I, Humanities in the history of science and technology as a major subject, 2018 ( PDF ).
  • A man wants to go up . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , January 6, 2019, p. 39 ( online ).

Awards

  • 2012: Troll of the year at the Trollcon conference in Mannheim

Web links

Commons : Christopher Lauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b About. In: Christopher Lauer. Retrieved on May 27, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Christopher Lauer: The temporary end of my political career. In: christopherlauer.de. February 2, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Christopher Lauer: Christopher Lauer speaks plain text: Three new thoughts . In: The daily newspaper: taz . October 30, 2019, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 19, 2020]).
  5. ^ Circumstances and requirements for Wernher von Braun's entry into the Heereswaffenamt , Bachelor thesis at TU Berlin / Faculty I: Humanities in the history of science and technology, 2018
  6. ↑ Via christopherlauer.de
  7. ↑ Lisa McMinn: Half the company is in parliament . In: Die Welt , September 21, 2011, accessed on October 23, 2012.
  8. ↑ Jan Thomsen: Ex-pirate becomes a consultant for Axel Springer: Christopher Lauer reaps malice for a new job . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ingo Rentz: Axel Springer: Ex-Pirat Lauer becomes Head of Strategic Innovations . In: Horizont , April 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ Shitstorm-proven new Springer advisor: Who the F… is Christoph Lauer? In: Meedia , April 22, 2015, accessed April 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ Short publishing career: Ex-pirate Lauer leaves Springer Group . In: Spiegel Online , January 1, 2016, accessed January 1, 2016.
  12. ↑ Ex-pirate Christopher Lauer stops at Springer ( memento from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) rbb-online.de, January 1, 2016, accessed on January 1, 2016.
  13. ↑ Christian Ulmen's new series “Jerks” celebrates its premiere on free TV this evening . In: Stern , February 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ Lauer's page in the Pirate Wiki
  15. ↑ Pirate Talks .
  16. ↑ Martin Kröger: Christopher Lauer wants to lead Berlin pirates out of the crisis with a riot . In: Neues Deutschland , March 3, 2014, accessed on January 1, 2016.
  17. ↑ Pirate-less top spot for the country list. Pirate Party Germany Berlin, March 20, 2011, accessed on April 21, 2017 .
  18. ^ All elected to the Berlin State Returning Officer .
  19. ^ Website of the Berlin House of Representatives ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ↑ Six out of 15 pirates are running for chairmanship. In: morgenpost.de. September 28, 2011, accessed January 3, 2012 .
  21. ↑ The pirates bite off one of their greatest talents . welt.de, June 11, 2013, accessed June 12, 2013.
  22. ↑ Pirate Lauer throws down - From one hundred to zero . taz.de, June 11, 2013, accessed on June 12, 2013.
  23. ^ Resolution in the Redmine system of the pirate faction ( Memento from October 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ^ Resolution in the Redmine system of the pirate faction ( Memento from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  25. ↑ Resignation: Berlin state chief Lauer leaves the pirate party. In: Spiegel Online. September 18, 2014, accessed September 18, 2014 .
  26. ^ Allegations after the resignation of Berlin's pirate boss Lauer. In: Berliner Morgenpost. September 19, 2014, accessed September 20, 2014 .
  27. ^ Ex-pirate politician Lauer becomes a member of the SPD. Retrieved September 17, 2016 .
  28. ^ Christian Möller: Christopher Lauer. In: By the area. Viertausendhertz, October 6, 2017, accessed on February 6, 2018 (approx. From minute 40).
  29. ↑ I have ADHD - and that's a good thing , Christopher Lauer's blog
  30. ↑ Pirates in Politics - 100 days of a rising party , RBB / WDR 2012; from approx. 0:15:55 ( memento from January 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  31. ↑ Christopher Lauer: I have ADHD or Living in a Linear World . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 22, 2012.
  32. ↑ Video Markus Lanz (April 5, 2012)  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on April 5, 2012. (offline)
  33. ↑ Video Stuckrad Late Night (March 29, 2012)  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on March 29, 2012. (offline)
  34. ↑ Christopher Lauer: "The Lauer was there too" . In: The time . No. 32/2016 ( zeit.de [accessed on April 28, 2018]).
  35. ↑ Werner van Bebber: Christopher Lauer: the decelerated . In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 23, 2015, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed April 28, 2018]).
  36. ↑ Inside. Report of the pirate faction on domestic politics. (PDF) Christopher Lauer, pp. 7, 73 , accessed on April 28, 2018 .
  37. ↑ Application of the pirate group to the violence protection ambulance. (PDF) Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  38. ^ Minutes of the AGH meeting on September 12, 2013. (PDF) Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  39. ^ Motion for a resolution. (PDF) Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  40. ^ Johanna Treblin: One million euros for the violence protection ambulance (new Germany) . In: New Germany . February 20, 2018 ( neue-deutschland.de [accessed April 28, 2018]).
  41. ↑ "We are putting an end to this hustle and bustle" . In: Handelsblatt , May 12, 2013, accessed on April 29, 2018.
  42. ↑ Press release of the pirate faction in the Berlin House of Representatives from September 4, 2012 ( Memento from November 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  43. ↑ Draft law on copyright: Pirates submit reform forms . In: Spiegel Online , September 4, 2012.
  44. ↑ Berlin pirates dupe the party leadership . In: Welt Online , September 4, 2012.
  45. ↑ Sven Becker, Annett Meiritz, Merlind Theile: Der Showpirat . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 2012, p. 34 ( online - September 10, 2012 ).
  46. ↑ Pirates as evil stepchildren . In: Spiegel Online , December 12, 2012.
  47. ↑ LiquidFeedback system of the Pirate Party Germany: Specific changes to the copyright law resulting from the Offenbach resolutions ( Memento from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  48. ↑ Jan Thomsen: Head of Strategic Innovations: Ex-pirate Christopher Lauer has a new job at Springer. In: Berliner Zeitung. April 22, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015 .
  49. ^ Ih: Publishers: "Transparent Industrial Espionage" . In: Der Spiegel . tape May 19 , 2015 ( spiegel.de [accessed April 28, 2018]).
  50. ↑ Markus Beckedahl: New job, new opinion: Piraten MdA Christopher Lauer is now for ancillary copyright. In: Netzpolitik.org. May 2, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015 .
  51. ↑ Peter Zschunke: Lobo and Lauer pick the story of the pirate party . In: Heise online , November 24, 2014, accessed on April 29, 2018.
  52. ↑ Troll of the Year
personal data
SURNAME Lauer, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lauer, David Christopher Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Pirate Party, SPD), MdA
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Simmern / Hunsrück