Former »World« editor-in-chief: Conservative publisher Wolfram Weimer apparently to become Minister of Culture

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.

It would be a surprising personality in the new government. According to media reports, the office of the Minister of the State of Culture will in future be occupied by a man who has so far hardly noticed any cultural interest: the publisher Wolfram Weimer.

Even ex-colleagues publicly wonder that the manager Wolfram Weimer will become Minister of Culture. We take him into protection: Weimer has written a large number of books himself, and he is a philosopher.

In the cabinet list of Friedrich Merz, a little cultural struggle is slumbering. The new Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer, could call for conservative restoration. Karin Prien will also set anti-woke accents in the former green family ministry.

The publicist Wolfram Weimer is to become Minister of Culture. His concept of culture and his understanding of history indicate that he is the wrong man in the wrong place. To put it mildly.