GODLESS G7 IN MÜNSTER
Foreign Office has cross removed
The 482-year-old Council Cross in the Peace Hall of the Historic Town Hall in Münster - it has now been removed from the hall for the duration of the G7 Summit
G7 Summit in Münster: The foreign ministers of the world's most important countries are there - but the Christians' symbol of God has to stay outside. Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (41, Greens) has had the centuries-old crucifix (depiction of Jesus nailed to the cross) removed from the Peace Hall in the Historic Town Hall in Münster for the duration of the G7 Summit.
The G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting will take place in Münster's historic Peace Hall: This was the scene of the invocation of the Spanish-Dutch Peace in 1648 - part of the Peace of Westphalia. But for the duration of the meeting, Baerbock is blocking out an important part of history: the 482-year-old Council Cross.
Actually, it is part of the permanent inventory of the hall, but at Baerbock's request it has now been taken down, as the " Westfälische Nachrichten" first reported. The city of Münster confirmed a corresponding request by the newspaper.
What do the Greens have against Christian symbols? Just two days ago, Claudia Roth (67), the Green Party's commissioner for cultural affairs, caused outrage when she wanted to have biblical quotations on the dome of the Berlin City Palace removed and overwritten with other texts. Quotations from the Holy Scriptures were not "cosmopolitan" enough, was her bizarre ulterior motive ...
The Foreign Office informed BILD: "The cross was removed for reasons of protocol".
Later, at the government press conference on Friday, a spokesperson stressed that there had been a number of changes in the room, including the furniture, in the run-up to the foreign ministers' meeting. This was "usual for such meetings". In this context, "this cross there" had indeed been removed. Baerbock herself, however, had not been involved with this question, there had been "no decision on the political level".
The fact is, however, that such a request to remove the council cross had never been made to the city before, according to a statement made to the "Westfälische Nachrichten" by the Münster administration.
The cross dates back to 1540, and to this day all new councillors in Münster are sworn in before it - unless they explicitly renounce the addition "So help me God".