{UAH} German politicians campaign to make pork mandatory in public canteens

German politicians campaign to make pork mandatory in public canteens
after sausages and bacon were removed 'to prevent offending Muslims'

•German politicians claim pork taken off menus 'for religious reasons'
•CDU now wants to make pork mandatory in schools and canteens
•Motion widely mocked on social media with hashtag #porkduty

By Sara Malm for MailOnline
Published: 14:56, 7 March 2016 | Updated: 15:34, 7 March 2016



German politicians are campaigning to make pork mandatory in public
canteens and schools, after reports that sausages, chops and bacon
were disappearing from menus.

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Schleswig-Holstein claimed pork
products were being removed from cafes, daycare centres and state
schools across the state to 'prevent offending Muslims'

The suggestion to force public schools and canteens to serve pork has
subsequently been widely mocked on social media, using hashtags
#porkduty and #wurstcasescenario.

Pork duty: Politicians from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian
Democratic Union are campaigning to make pork mandatory in canteens
and schools, after reports it was disappearing from menus for
'religious reasons'

The local arm of the CDU, the party of German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, claimed pork was being banned for 'religious reasons' across
the north German state.
'The protection of minorities - including for religious reasons - must
not mean that the majority is overruled in their free decision by
ill-conceived consideration,' said CDU's Daniel Günther.


'No one should be obliged to do so, but we also don't want the
majority having to refrain from pork.'
Günther later claimed in an interview with a local newspaper that 'at
least one nursery in every voting district' in Schleswig-Holstein had
stopped serving pork for religious reasons.
Silly sausages: CDU in Schleswig-Holstein claimed 'consumption of pork
belongs to German culture'

Hands off my wurst: CDU claimed pork products were being removed from
cafes, daycare centres and state schools across the state to 'prevent
offending Muslims'
The news of the proposal by CDU in Schleswig-Holstein soon spread
across Germany, and was met with mockery on social media.
Withing a few hours, the hashtag #schweinefleischpflicht - meaning
'pork duty' - became Germany's top trending hashtag on Twitter, with
many joking that this was a #wurstcasescenario.

However, the plan to introduce mandatory pork in state canteens and
schools was later rejected by the local government in
Schleswig-Holstein.

'I see no need for the state to act,' state agriculture minister
Robert Habeck said, according to The Local.

'I don't share the idea of abrogating our constitutional rights in
favour of the duty to eat chops or mince,' he added.

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