SPD in Berlin makes elections tasty with doner kebab | news
Does SPD now stand for “Sharp, Pommes, Döner”?
Berlin – Elections are held again in the capital. Background: The vote on September 26, 2021 was subsequently declared invalid. Now around 2.5 million voters have to put their cross again on February 12, 2023.
The SPD wants to make the polls palatable to their voters with particularly cheeky posters: In the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the comrades are now advertising with the slogan: “Doner kebab price brake now!”
When asked by BILD, campaign manager Vincent Wolff (32) confirmed that the posters were from the SPD. “We want to bring our topics to the people. And we have to draw attention to that.”
Doner poster to indicate inflation
The background to the doner kebab posters: the intention is to draw attention to inflation and higher prices. “This is best demonstrated in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district at the doner kebab,” says Wolff.
The long-running rotisserie skewer is the favorite food of many voters and has become noticeably more expensive for them. Reason are the exploded commodity and energy prices. “Micro-entrepreneurs are particularly affected,” explains Vincent Wolff.
According to the party, this will strengthen it. Further demands for the election in February: prevent poverty and more money for the citizens. The Social Democrats advertise in the district (just under 290,000 inhabitants) with four other posters to attract voters.
Wolff points out that Mehmet Agün invented the doner kebab in the city snack bar on Kottbusser Damm. The city of Berlin, on the other hand, writes on its website that the inventor was Kadir Nurman in his snack bar on Kurfürstendamm.
Döner price earthquake shakes Germany
At least there is agreement that the kebab price quake has long shaken the Federal Republic. Gürsel Ülber, CEO of the Association of Turkish Doner Kebab Manufacturers in Europe, said in April last year: “A doner kebab should actually cost 7.30 euros!”
In November, BILD reported on a snack bar in Frankfurt/Main. There, owner Ugor Yumusakbas now charges ten euros for his product. He says: “Quality has its price. I don’t understand how you can even offer a doner kebab for three euros.”