The claim
Katrin-Goering Eckardt is said to have said the following: “30 percent of children and young people today already have a migration background, and I haven’t counted the Ossis yet.”
Our conclusion
Correct: This quote was uttered by the politician in the Bundestag on September 9, 2015, during the refugee crisis. There was then a wave of hatred against the group leader, which she in turn reflected in a video.
For years, a quote has been appearing again and again that is said to belong to the Green Party politician Göring-Eckardt. In contrast to many other quotes that are said about Green Party politicians, this assignment is correct. The statement “30 percent of children and young people today already have a migration background, and I haven’t counted the Ossis yet,” was made by Göring-Eckardt in the Bundestag on September 9, 2015.
Many people's reactions to this were quite strong:
Göring-Eckardt, who herself comes from East Germany, was hit with many hate posts on social media. Several thousand people also came together in a petition calling for a criminal complaint against the politician ( see ).

Göring-Eckardt and framing
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In this context, framing is about creating an opinion using a term or an image. A catchphrase creates a certain frame of meaning for people by pointing to the direction of a topic.
At this point, the term migration is responsible for the fact that people talk about it in different ways. It is hardly possible to use this term without giving it a negative connotation.
And that's exactly what happened here: Many people expressed their displeasure on social media because they didn't want to be described as a person with a migrant background.
This ultimately resulted in hate postings, as the term migration creates a negative mindset for many people. With Göring-Eckardt's statement and the reactions on social media, two different understandings of the term migration collide.
Video as another reaction
Göring-Eckardt also reacted to the corresponding hate posts towards her and read out several of the posts in a video that she received in response to her statement in the Bundestag:
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