Redebeitrag von Dr. Norbert Lammert anlässlich der Debatte um das Kunstwerk “Der Bevölkerung” von Hans Haacke.
Statement by Dr. Norbert Lammert on the debate about the artwork "Der Bevölkerung" by Hans Haacke.
Dr. Norbert Lammert
Norbert Lammert (CDU) has been a member of the Bundestag since 1980. At the time of the debate, he was the cultural and media policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU. He has been the President (speaker) of the Bundestag since 2005.
Today, the German Bundestag is about to have a debate that could probably never take place in any other legislature in the world.
(Applause from the CDU/CSU)
Neither the U.S. Congress nor the English House of Commons, let alone the French National Assembly, would even consider discussing what is up for a vote here today: the idea of contrasting the current dedication of the German Parliament Building, “To the German People” [“Dem Deutschen Volke”], with a political art installation dedicated “To the Population”