Susanne Gaschke

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Susanne Gaschke (2011)

Susanne Gaschke (born January 19, 1967 in Kiel ) is a German journalist , publicist and author . From 1997 to 2012 she was editor of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . Today she writes for Die Welt and Die Welt am Sonntag . In 2012, she was elected Lord Mayor of Kiel as an SPD candidate . On October 28, 2013, she resigned because of the tax exemption controversy .

Gaschke is the author and editor of several non-fiction books .

Life

After graduating from the Kiel School of Academics in 1986 , Gaschke studied English language and literature , education and public law at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , where she received her doctorate in 1995 with her dissertation on children's literature (evaluation: summa cum laude ) under Konrad Groß. She did a traineeship at Kieler Nachrichten and from 1997 was editor of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . There she was in charge of the “Young Readers” division, with a focus on social , youth , women and education policy . Later she turned in particular to the topics of digital modernity and copyright protection , taking the position of the Heidelberg appeal . Gaschke was also the editor of the children's magazine Zeit Leo . Since January 1st, 2015 she has been the author of Welt und Welt am Sonntag , where she u. a. was responsible for the Real Life column .

As a journalist and publicist, she works a. a. with social issues such as digitization , manners and upbringing and comments on current political events and the situation of the SPD. She also writes reports.

Gaschke is married to Hans-Peter Bartels , a former SPD member of the Bundestag who was the German Bundestag's defense commissioner from 2015 to 2020 . The couple has a daughter.

Political career

Gaschke was already politically active during his studies , among other things as chairwoman of the general student committee . From 1987 to 2020 she was a member of the SPD and gained her first experience with the Jusos. When the Lord Mayor of Kiel Torsten Albig was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 2012 , the position in Kiel City Hall had to be filled again. Gaschke prevailed at a general meeting and was nominated as a party candidate for direct election. She justified her move to politics with the interest "to change the situation". She no longer only wants to be a reporter, but rather to take responsibility herself, as she put it in her nomination speech. In the election campaign, Gaschke mainly addressed the replacement of the coal-fired power station on the fjord , investments in schools and sports halls and the city's debt.

Gaschke received the most votes in the mayoral election in October with 43.2 percent of the votes ahead of Gert Meyer ( CDU ) and Andreas Tietze ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ), but missed an absolute majority . In the runoff election she was also supported by the Greens and won with 54.1 percent of the vote. Gaschke took office as the 18th mayor of the city of Kiel on December 1, 2012.

Controversy and resignation

Before Gaschke took office, the city ​​administration led by Torsten Albig had negotiated with an entrepreneur for several years about the settlement of titled tax assessments without enforcing them - which was ordered by the court in 2008, but was suspended again in 2011. The claims had their origin in the taxation of real estate transactions of the person concerned in the 1990s. In July 2013, Gaschke exempted interest and fees in the amount of 3.7 million euros by way of an urgent decision without prior participation by the council. The entrepreneur should only pay trade tax in the amount of 4.1 million euros in installments. The urgency was justified with the avoidance of the tax debtor's bankruptcy and the securing of at least part of the claim.

Gaschke's decision sparked a controversial public discussion, with observers calling it a “tax gift for a rich man”. The local authority in the Ministry of the Interior of Schleswig-Holstein objected to the decree as unlawful, since it had been issued without the necessary consent of the council. She instructed the city to revoke the decision immediately, but this was no longer possible for legal reasons. The majority of the Council had already waived on August 22, 2013 to make use of their right of withdrawal of the decision. In addition, errors later became known in the report of the municipal supervision, among other things the wrong assignment of a signature in the file process to a certain person. In October 2013, the Kiel Public Prosecutor's Office initiated investigations against Gaschke on suspicion of infidelity , which were discontinued in May 2014 due to insufficient suspicion .

In the wake of the controversy, Gaschke announced her immediate resignation at the end of October 2013 and subsequently applied for her release from her temporary employment position. She justified this with the ongoing media debate about her person and criticized a “pseudo-neutral arbitration” by the journalists. She later criticized a "journalistic superhumanity". Frank Schirrmacher had previously used this term to describe the excessive expectations in journalistic reporting. Other observers attested Gaschke aloofness and "stubbornness" ( Björn Engholm ), she saw herself as a victim. Before her resignation, Gaschke described her decision in the tax procedure as a mistake and apologized to party friends and council members.

At the end of 2014, the entrepreneur in question filed for bankruptcy. This could lead to the city receiving significantly less money than the decree initiated by Gaschke. The insolvency plan adopted by the creditors' meeting in November 2016 provides for an insolvency rate of 30 percent.

In May 2020, Gaschke resigned from the SPD and justified the step in the world, among other things, with the party's “dishonorable behavior” towards her husband Hans-Peter Bartels, who had not been nominated again in his position as military commissioner and was replaced by Eva Högl . In this context, she spoke out violently against the party and many of its protagonists: From an advancement party, this has developed into a supply party, which is only about jobs, offices and company cars. In contrast to internal party logic, qualification no longer plays a role.

Author

Susanne Gaschke (2019)

Gaschke's first book was published in 2001 under the title Die Erziehungskatastrophe bei der DVA . This was followed in 2002, also at the DVA, with the book Witches, Hobbits and Pirates about the best books for children. She received greater attention for the work Die Emanzipationsfalle, published in 2005 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag . In it she analyzes the living situation of women and addresses their responsibility for society as well as the (demographic) consequences of an ideology of emancipation, career and consumption. Gaschke pleaded for partnerships to be subjected to a new seriousness apart from a “sex-and-the-city romance”. In 2007, together with Gesine Schwan , she published the book alone is not enough at Herder Verlag. With Klick ( Herder Verlag , 2009) she wanted to show "strategies against digital dumbing" and thus joined a fundamental criticism of digital media . In her book The Sold Childhood , published in 2011, she addresses the shortening of childhood through consumption and communication. Three years later, in the volume Full Risk , she describes her career as mayor of Kiel, the controversy over her resignation and criticizes the way leading state politicians of the SPD deal with her.

Publications

Monographs

  • The world in books. Children, literature and aesthetic impact. Dissertation. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 3-88479-966-5 .
  • The educational disaster. Children need strong parents. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-421-05465-7 .
  • Witches, hobbits and pirates. The best books for children. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-421-05668-4 .
  • The emancipation trap. Successful, lonely, childless. Bertelsmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-00821-5 .
  • The childless country: how demography is changing our lives , with Dietmar Bartz (ed.). Zeitverlag Bucerius, Hamburg 2005, DNB 123025788 (= Zeit-Dokument 2005.1):
  • with Gesine Schwan : Alone is not enough. For a new culture of togetherness. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-29477-8 .
  • Click - strategies against digital dumbing down. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-29996-4 .
  • The sold childhood. How children's wishes are marketed and what parents can do about it. Pantheon, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-55172-1 .
  • Total risk. What it means to go into politics. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-421-04659-8 .
  • SPD. A party between burnout and euphoria. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-421-04717-5 .

Editor

  • with Moritz Müller-Wirth: Power couples - we are stronger with children. Heyne, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-151031 .

Article (selection)

  • Commentary for the NZZ 2019 on moralizing journalism
  • Comment for the NZZ 2020, in which it referred to the Corona regulations in Germany as the " Enabling Act "

Web links

Commons : Susanne Gaschke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Susanne Gaschke  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The true doctoral supervisor . In: unizeit , No. 43, July 22, 2007.
  2. ↑ Jochen Bittner: Bye, Susanne . In: Die Zeit , No. 47, November 15, 2012, p. 6.
  3. ^ Daniel Kummetz: Educated for more education . In: Die Tageszeitung , November 12, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: On the author's back . In: Die Zeit , No. 15, April 4, 2009, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Sports and cooking lessons with Susanne Gaschke . In: Zeit Online , accessed on August 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Susanne Gaschke, business card /
  7. ^ List of world articles by Susanne Gaschke
  8. ↑ The real life - column - WORLD. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
  9. ^ Susanne Gaschke: Future government: The five major challenges of the digital agenda . In: THE WORLD . October 24, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed May 6, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: Manners: Without politeness we go to the dogs . In: THE WORLD . November 3, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
  11. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: Past: The youth used to be easier . In: THE WORLD . August 2, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed May 6, 2020]).
  12. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: 57 days after the election: The SPD is simple enough for itself . In: THE WORLD . November 20, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed May 6, 2020]).
  13. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: Out and about with police officers in Berlin - "Does that make me a Nazi now?" In: DIE WELT . February 26, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
  14. ↑ Visby: This is Sweden's secret recipe against the anger of the citizens . In: THE WORLD . July 11, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
  15. ↑ Markus Decker: From the editorial office to the town hall . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , July 13, 2012, p. 40.
  16. ↑ a b Susanne Gaschke: Susanne Gaschke: Why I left the SPD . In: THE WORLD . May 6, 2020 ( welt.de [accessed on May 6, 2020]).
  17. ^ Zeit journalist Gaschke Mayor candidate of the Kiel SPD . In: Bild , August 11, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  18. ↑ Ulf Poschardt: journalist, comrade . In: Die Welt , No. 162, July 13, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  19. ^ Looking for a successor for Albig in Kiel City Hall . In: Die Welt , October 24, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  20. ^ Ulrich Exner: Union also in Kiel with no prospect of an election victory . In: Die Welt , No. 254, October 30, 2012, p. 30.
  21. ↑ Kiel Greens support Gaschke . In: Kieler Nachrichten , October 31, 2012, accessed October 31, 2012.
  22. ^ Journalist Gaschke wins mayorship in Kiel remains with the SPD . In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 12, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  23. ↑ Kiel's new Lord Mayor Gaschke sworn in . In: Die Welt , November 26, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  24. ↑ The Kiel Tax Deal: A Chronology . ( Memento from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: NDR , May 14, 2014, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  25. ↑ Ophthalmologist resists tax deal withdrawal . ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt , April 23, 2014.
  26. ↑ Kiel mayor Gaschke gives up office . In: Handelsblatt , October 28, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  27. ↑ Jasper von Altenbockum: What is wrong with the Kiel tax deal? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 10, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  28. ↑ Jürgen Dahlkamp: Kiel: Tax gift for a rich man? In: Spiegel Online , September 7, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  29. ↑ Kiel tax deal: local authority ruffle mayor Gaschke . In: Spiegel Online , October 26, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  30. ↑ A deal is a deal . In: Der Spiegel , No. 44, October 28, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  31. ↑ Public / private session of the council assembly . In: Infosystem Kommunalpolitik , State Capital Kiel, August 22, 2013, accessed on September 3, 2014.
  32. ↑ Tax deal: audit report causes confusion . ( Memento from September 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: NDR , November 8, 2013, accessed on September 3, 2014.
  33. ↑ Suspicion of infidelity: pressure on Gaschke is growing . ( Memento from December 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: NDR , October 19, 2013.
  34. ↑ Decision of the public prosecutor's office: Investigations against Kiel ex-Mayor Gaschke stopped . In: Spiegel Online , May 14, 2014, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  35. ↑ Kiel's Lord Mayor Gaschke resigns . In: Zeit Online , October 28, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  36. ↑ Kiel's ex-Mayor Gaschke criticizes too much journalistic superhumanity . In: Meedia , May 10, 2014, accessed August 27, 2014.
  37. ↑ Is the media still the fourth estate? In: the daily newspaper , May 10, 2014, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  38. ^ Christiane Hoffmann: Resignation of Kiel mayor Susanne Gaschke: The testosterone-controlled woman . In: Spiegel Online , October 28, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  39. ↑ Controversial tax deal: Kiel mayor Gaschke resigns . In: Spiegel Online , October 28, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  40. ^ Ansgar Siemens: Kiel Mayoress Gaschke: Riot speech on parting . In: Focus Online , October 28, 2013, accessed August 27, 2014.
  41. ↑ Gaschke apologizes . In: Holsteinischer Courier , October 1, 2013, August 27, 2014.
  42. ↑ Pretty bad business . In: Neues Deutschland , December 31, 2014, accessed on January 3, 2015.
  43. ↑ http://www.kn-online.de/Mehr/MUNGEN/Kommentar-Martina-Drexler-zum-Fall-Uthoff
  44. ↑ https://www.rnd.de/politik/frust-uber-karriere-aus-ihres-manns-kieler-ex-ob-gaschke-verlasst-spd-RSARMYITOBHVRGY23THROKCTRE.html
  45. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: The educational catastrophe: Children need strong parents . DVA, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-421-05465-7 .
  46. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: Witches, Hobbits and Pirates: The best books for children . DVA, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-421-05668-4 .
  47. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: The emancipation trap: Successful, lonely, childless . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-00821-5 .
  48. ↑ Antje Schrupp: The responsibility of women . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , January 25, 2006, p. 27.
  49. ↑ Paul Nolte: Growing up at last . In: the daily newspaper , October 19, 2005, p. 17.
  50. ↑ Gesine Schwan, Susanne Gaschke: Alone is not enough: For a new culture of togetherness . Herder, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-29477-8 .
  51. ↑ Jörg Thomann: Those who just watch don't want to scold . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 204, September 3, 2009, p. 36.
  52. ↑ Susanne Gaschke: The shortening of childhood . In: Die Zeit , No. 37, September 8, 2011, accessed on August 27, 2014.
  53. ↑ Michael Neumann: The great bullying or the honor of the SPD . In: the daily newspaper , September 15, 2014, accessed on September 16, 2014.
  54. ↑ in which she accuses journalists of dramatizing climate change in such a way that "if something really bad were to happen: a major terrorist attack, the outbreak of an epidemic, a real attempt to seize power, a real war? The moral media's reserves of dramatization would probably be used up."
  55. ↑ https://uebermedien.de/48355/susanne-gaschke-fragt-sich-ob-corona-der-neue-hitler-ist/
personal data
SURNAME Gaschke, Susanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, publicist and politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel