This week, as the Foreign Ministry hired up a Greenpeace 'Chief' as their 'mouthpiece' for the Ministry.....I had to step back and think about how this is viewed.
To be honest, it's just another lobbyist, and if you gazed at the British, US, French or Italian governments....there's always various lobbyists (in government suits/credentials)....who hype X, Y, and Z.
Does this 'mouthpiece' represent the Foreign Ministry, the Chancellor, or the consolidated coalition (SPD-Green-FDP)? Well....NO. I'm sure that Chancellor Scholz is shaking his head and wondering where this hiring idea came from. Even from the actual cabinet agency in charge of the global warming agenda (Habeck, Green Party)....there's probably some frustration that there will not be a unified message.
But here's the deal....wherever this new employee (Jennifer Morgan) goes....any message or idea handed out....will be countered with the question....are you talking via your Greenpeace agenda or is this the German government speaking?
This is also how the Gazprom Russian natural gas folks hired former Chancellor Schroeder, and he became a 'mouthpiece' for them.
News journalists from ARD/ZDF (the public TV folks) buying this new 'gimmick'? I seriously doubt it, and they probably will ask a dozen stupid questions the next time that Baerbock is back in Germany.
I will end this discussion with this.....in the end....most all high-ranking government employees end up as 'mouthpieces' or activists....whether you like it or not. When you reach the stage that you don't take the mouthpiece/activist serious.....then they move on, and someone replaces them.
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