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Willingmann’s brazen hypocrisy: SPD minister suddenly discovers the “mistakes” he himself has helped to shape for years!Ten years as minister in Saxony-Anhalt, decades of SPD shared responsibility for the dilapidated hospital system – and now suddenly the great savior? Armin Willingmann denounces privatization and calls for remunicipalization. A spectacular performance full of false pathos and unprecedented audacity. Quite possibly the most brazen campaign stunt of the year. 
Oh, what a beacon in dark times! The great visionary Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann (SPD), Minister for Science and leading candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, has spoken. And how he has spoken! On Facebook, in Magdeburg, with the deep wisdom of a man who has suddenly discovered the truth – after ten years in government responsibility. “That must be the standard!” he posted along with a video in which he denounces the privatization of hospitals as a “mistake,” calls for remunicipalization, and complains about double-digit million deficits of university hospitals for which he himself bears responsibility. Bravo, comrade! The hypocrisy reaches Olympic heights here. What a courageous fighter against the system! Here stands a social democrat criticizing decades of systemic failures – which, of course, are always the responsibility of others. The wave of privatizations, the pressure of case-based hospital payments (DRG), the chronic underfunding of investments by the federal states: all suddenly a “mistake.” Where was the protest when the much-admired Armin became a minister in 2016? Where were the objections in the grand coalitions, Kenya coalitions, and Germany coalitions that have governed Saxony-Anhalt for ages? Ten years of Willingmann in office – first as Minister for Economic Affairs/Science/Digitalization, since 2021 for Science/Energy/Climate Protection/Environment and Deputy Minister President – and now, just before the 2026 election, this great revelation? The hypocrisy factor is not just high, it is stratospheric. This is not late insight, this is pure campaign opportunism. The true architects of the disasterLet’s set aside the false outrage and look at the facts. The dual hospital financing system – states cover investments, health insurers cover operations – is an old story. The major turning point came with the introduction of DRG case-based payments in the early 2000s. Passed under the SPD–Green federal government, with Federal Health Minister Ulla Schmidt (SPD). The federal states, many of them governed by the SPD or with SPD participation in grand coalitions, dutifully approved it in the Bundesrat. Later, grand coalition after grand coalition under Merkel: CDU/CSU and SPD continued to “optimize” and refine the system – always with SPD ministers at the levers of health policy. Privatization boomed because municipalities and states were unable or unwilling to provide investment funds. Exactly as Willingmann himself admits. Who supported this for decades? The SPD in Berlin and in the states. Including Saxony-Anhalt, where CDU and SPD have governed together almost continuously since reunification.In Saxony-Anhalt, the SPD has been part of the government for decades – sometimes as junior partner to the CDU, sometimes in various coalitions. It has approved every federal law, shaped every state hospital plan, and co-responsible for every case of underfunding. And now Willingmann acts as if he were the first to discover the problem. The university hospitals in Halle and Magdeburg, for which he is directly responsible, have been posting deep red deficits for years. Not a word about this during all his years in office. No passionate appeal in the Bundesrat, no statewide initiative for remunicipalization. Instead: silence for years, until election season calls. What a genius! What an upright social democrat! What a hypocrite!Armin Willingmann, the hero of municipal hospitals, suddenly realizing that privatization was not a cure-all – after the system his own party helped build collapses. What a brilliant analysis: hospitals were privatized because there was no money for renovation. Correct, comrade. And who failed to provide that money for decades? The federal states.This is not politics, this is cabaret. A leading candidate ignoring his own long-standing responsibility while trying to convince people that salvation now comes through remunicipalization – of course financed by the same taxpayers who have already paid for the entire disaster. The hypocrisy factor? 10/10. It is almost impressive, the audacity with which one co-governs for years, supports the system, and then poses as its savior. The citizens of Saxony-Anhalt deserve this: a minister who first stays silent, then posts. A leading candidate who presents the obvious as a revolutionary insight. “That must be the standard!” Yes, Armin. The standard should be that politicians show at least a minimum of consistency and memory. Instead, we get campaign theater on Facebook.
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