Lena Schilling:
“I was asked for a list of men’s names”
In an interview with krone.tv, Lena Schilling, the Greens' top EU candidate, talks about the "absurd requests" she received after the allegations surrounding her became public. "I was asked whether I had set fire to the Lobau camp myself. That day was one of the worst in my life."
She also received a request from "far-right media" asking her to send a list of men's names with whom she had been involved. Schilling: "It really doesn't get much more absurd than that."
"Boundaries have been crossed"
"In any case, boundaries were crossed, that's clear." The question is what this means for the ongoing political debate and also for young people who can imagine a career in politics in the future. She cannot answer whether her case has opened the door to a new way of dealing with people: "I like to push it away from me a little, because of course the whole thing affects me."
For Schilling, political trust means one thing above all: "That it is clear what a person is fighting for and how they are fighting for my interests. If I have to make an appeal for our voters, then that's exactly what I do. I've been fighting with everything I've got for five or six years to make the world a fairer place." Renewable and affordable energy as well as cheap and well-developed public transport are at the top of her to-do list.
"No general suspicion against all people who come"
Following the fatal knife attack in Mannheim on Friday, in which a police officer was killed by a 25-year-old Afghan, Schilling spoke out in favor of the rule of law and a criminal law "that is applied in full force". There also needs to be a debate about what is needed to create a common world view.
"At the same time, I think it's difficult to declare a general suspicion against all people who come. So, yes, we have a problem. Yes, we have to deal with it. But no general suspicion and a common asylum and migration policy."
Watch the full interview with Lena Schilling in the video above!
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