Thursday 21, September
CDU posts video featuring Georgian presidential palace instead of Reichstag
On Tuesday the CDU posted a video on Twitter touting their new slogan – “For renewal. For cohesion” (stirring stuff). In the background of the video were happy kiddies playing basketball, a strangely ominous robot hand, green shoots emerging from the earth, Angela Merkel, and a majestic columned building with a glass dome looming behind it. The Reichstag? No. It was, in fact, footage of the Georgian presidential palace.
The video has since been taken down, and replaced with footage showing the correct building. The CDU also made a post on X (formerly Twitter) which read “Hey community! We had lots of domes to choose from – we’ve chosen the right one now”, accompanied by the grinning face with sweat emoji. We can only speculate as to whether any heads rolled in the advertising department for this little error.
Hey Community, großen Dank für Eure zahlreichen Hinweise! Wir hatten echt viele Kuppeln zur Auswahl und haben uns jetzt für die einzig richtige entschieden. 😅 pic.twitter.com/XPAVsBzLgX
— CDU Deutschlands (@CDU) September 20, 2023
Traffic for the post has increased significantly since the mixup took place, and it doesn’t seem like the error will have caused any damage to the CDU’s reputation.
