Around two dozen press people waited patiently at the large, southern staircase in the Berlin Chancellery on Thursday afternoon. It is the staircase where the star singers line up with the Chancellor every January and are then allowed to immortalize them with a white signature. The railing of the south staircase was already decorated with stars, but instead of the children in the Three Kings costumes, completely different star singers suddenly appeared: Peter Maffay, Balbina, Herbert GrönemeyerChristopher Annen from AnnenMayKantereit and some more. This new supergroup had previously worked with the one residing in the Chancellery
Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer met for a conversation behind closed doors. Should be particularly spicy Herbert Grönemeyer one participant reported. And Grönemeyer now also spoke sharply: “This is a system for stupid people!”