US EditionPublicist Wolfram Weimer becomes Minister of Culture – The Observatorial
- The CDU announced in Berlin that publicist Wolfram Weimer will become Minister of Culture, succeeding Claudia Roth of the Greens.
- This decision follows Weimer's designation as Roth's successor, despite him not being a CDU member but considered close to the party.
- Weimer, a journalist and media entrepreneur who studied history and political science in Frankfurt and Washington, authored several books on society and religion.
- The Minister of Culture oversees art promotion, monument protection, film, media, and culture of remembrance, with a 2025 federal budget of 2.2 billion euros.
- This appointment suggests a potentially new direction in cultural policy, although the personnel office expressed surprise and Weimer's close CDU ties remain notable.
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Friedrich Merz (CDU) has named the publisher Wolfram Weimer for the office of Minister of Culture. Resistance is organized in the cultural scene.
The designated minister of media and culture, Wolfram Weimer, resists the accusation of seeking a right-wing conservative turn. He is a cultural advocate, not a cultural fighter, said Weimer to the magazine "Stern". For years he has been writing against the AfD and right-wing populism, the former publicist emphasized.
There are weeks in which the political Berlin rubs its eyes - and this is one of them. Wolfram Weimer becomes a member of the cabinet as a side-starter. A bold signal from the future chancellor.
The non-party journalist and publisher Wolfram Weimer becomes Minister of State for Culture and the Media. The CDU announced this on Monday.
Former editor-in-chief Wolfram Weimer became the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. A real surprise – and for some observers it seems to be a shock.
Germany is expected to get a new coalition government on May 6th, with journalist and publicist Wolfram Weimer, who is close to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) but is not a member, becoming the new minister or commissioner for culture and media.
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