Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – After coming out as a washcloth fan and the lengthy debate about his rather casual statement in an interview, the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) was given the gift of all things by the opposition. The head of government accepted a washcloth warmer from the hands of the FDP parliamentary group leader Hans-Ulrich Rülke on Wednesday in the state parliament.
Kretschmann had said in mid-August, with a view to the energy crisis, that you don’t have to shower all the time, that the washcloth is also a “useful invention”. With the statement he had caused quite a stir. Among other things, he had to listen to the fact that he wanted to patronize citizens and set wrong priorities. Kretschmann later added that he had been using a washcloth for a long time. “It just saves time that you have later at breakfast. And I just don’t have much time.”
As a liberal, he does not even question Kretschmann’s personal relationship with the washcloth, Rülke said in the state parliament. “Of course, that also belongs to the core area of the executive, protected by executive privilege.” However, the Greens politician could save even more time with a washcloth warmer, “if maybe the water is cold in Sigmaringen in the morning,” joked Rülke, laughing across factions.