Short thread on how @ArminLaschet of @CDU's dealing of the Rheinland floods should disqualify him as the next Chancellor of Germany On Friday, the CDU chancellor candidate and NRW prime minister Armin Laschet was interviewed by a journalist on national TV. In the interview he remarked 'Listen up young lady' and continued to state that he wouldn't be changing his politics because of these events.

Short thread on the floods in Rheinland, Germany. I grew up in Erftstadt, went to school in Kerpen and played soccer (ages 6-19) in most of the towns and villages hit by the floods. I also was a local council candidate and have been part of progressive mobilisations in the area. The flooded areas of the Rhein-Erft Kreis and in particular Erftstadt are both historically and economically intertwined with lignite coal mining, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels. All lakes in the region are former open cast coal mines and Garzweiler still is operational today.