Controversial press statements: There is not any declare – Günther doesn’t need to signal a stop and desist declaration | EUROtoday

Statements by Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Günther about coping with the media have prompted criticism. The lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel is taking authorized motion towards the Prime Minister on behalf of the web portal “Nius” and is demanding that Günther signal a stop and desist declaration.

But the State Chancellery rejected the signature, because it confirmed to the “Kieler Nachrichten” in line with a report. The declare “asserted” within the warning doesn’t exist.

Now there’s a danger of a authorized dispute between “Nius” and the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Steinhöfel had already introduced that he would take authorized motion if a cease-and-desist declaration was not made.

The debate was triggered by statements made by Günther on the ZDF program “Markus Lanz” final Wednesday. In the dialog he had beforehand mentioned in reference to “Nius”: “When I look at a ‘Nius’ article that I have anything to do with, I can only say that there is usually nothing wrong with it.” The content material is “simply completely fact-free”. He additionally said that, in his opinion, such on-line portals and content material have been anti-democratic.

The German Journalists Association (DJV) accused the CDU politician of bringing censorship measures towards crucial media into play. Federal Chairman Mika Beuster defined that this was in severe contradiction to the Basic Law, which states: “Censorship does not take place.”