Weimer kæmper for ytringsfrihed midt i kulturkampens modreaktion på bogmessen i Leipzig

Kulturminister Wolfram Weimer, der står over for beskyldninger om statslig kontrol efter forfatningsbeskyttende kontrol af venstreorienterede boghandlere, opfordrede til større meningsfrihed på bogmessen i Leipzig. Kritikere beskylder ham for at gå uden om den kontrovers, der førte til buh-råb ved åbningsceremonien.

Bogmessen i Leipzig er blevet et brændpunkt i kulturkrigen omkring Sachsen-Anhalts kulturminister Wolfram Weimer. Efter messens åbning den 18. marts, hvor Weimer blev buhet ud under sin tale, hvor han forsvarede udelukkelsen af tre venstreorienterede boghandlere - Buchladen zur schwankenden Weltkugel i Berlin, The Golden Shop i Bremen og Rote Straße i Göttingen - fra den tyske boghandelspris på grund af "verfassungsschutzrelevante Erkenntnisse", fortsætter beskyldningerne om, at regeringen går for vidt. Udelukkelserne, der er baseret på vurderinger fra kontoret for beskyttelse af forfatningen, er blevet kritiseret af de berørte butikker, som planlægger at lægge sag an, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels og demonstranter. Weimer, som bekræftede sit livslange engagement i ytringsfrihed, gik ind for mere meningsfrihed under messen, men er blevet kritiseret for at undgå direkte kontakt med modstandere. Der spekuleres på, hvilken modtagelse han kunne have fået ved yderligere optrædener i den ophedede atmosfære.

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