Overview
- The poem appeared briefly in the January 2026 issue of the ministry's internal magazine internAA and was removed from the digital edition with a note calling its publication an "unsightly error."
- Editors stated the text was published despite a June 2025 decision not to run it, replacing the page with an apology in the updated version.
- The verses were widely read as targeting former ministers Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck, with lines referencing "feminist" foreign policy and the heating law.
- Multiple outlets, citing Der Spiegel, identified the author as deputy consul Siegfried Geilhausen in Timișoara, who was reported to have confirmed authorship and described the work as written with "carnival seriousness."
- The ministry emphasized internAA's editorial independence as internal complaints grew, including a sharp critique from its equality officer who called the text sexist; any consequences or procedural changes have not been announced.