Boxing deprivation for the left after a slap in the face during the Oktoberfest dispute

It's nothing new that fights occasionally break out in the beer tent at Oktoberfest. But now a dispute in the box of the Munich City Council has unusual consequences for the last few days of Wiesn. Mayor Dominik Krause (Greens) has deprived the Left Party of the table in the so-called Ratsboxe for this Oktoberfest. Several media outlets reported about it.

The occasion was therefore days ago. A woman who was sitting at the table assigned to the Left faction is said to have slapped the FDP faction leader in the city council, Jörg Hoffmann. The incident is said to have occurred after a debate about Israel and Palestine, according to media reports. According to reports, alcohol was also involved.

«The Oktoberfest is not a place for political agitation. “The physical attack on our city council colleague Jörg Hoffmann, to whom I extend my full solidarity, is completely unacceptable,” said Krause, explaining the decision when asked. “Violence should never be a means of political debate.” But it is a good sign that the parliamentary group leader of the Left, Stefan Jagel, apologized to Hoffmann.

Apology from the Left Party leader

«What was described to me is a no-go. I am also very touched personally. I immediately apologized to Mr. Hoffmann for this,” said Jagel himself when asked. “The woman was a friend of a member and happened to be at the table. She is not a member of the Left or the Left Youth. The whole thing will have consequences. Those affected will no longer get a table through our group.” The incident will also be discussed at the district board meeting - and he himself has a conversation with the woman personally.

Jagel said he could understand the mayor's consequences. But it was annoying that he now had to cancel other guests from the Left Party who were not involved at all.

In the council box on the balcony of the Schottenhamel tent, the factions traditionally have one or more tables that they can pass on.