Overview
- During ARD’s Maischberger, the Green parliamentary co-leader said “Jedem das Seine” while discussing social videos involving Annalena Baerbock and Markus Söder.
- She posted an apology on X the same night, calling it a mistake and saying she meant to say “jeder so wie er mag.”
- The phrase is tied to the Buchenwald camp gate yet stems from the older Latin maxim suum cuique, which explains how it can surface without malicious intent.
- German law penalizes such expressions only when they glorify or trivialize National Socialism, with a 1998 ruling cited as establishing that threshold.
- Commentary contrasts the inadvertent talk-show remark with Björn Höcke’s 2024 fine for using an SA slogan, and no investigation into Dröge has been reported.