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Naked people are even streaking through the current election campaign, notes DW columnist Gero Schliess. But don't let that keep you from reading. The boundary between nudity and sex is, after all, fluid - even in this column. Let's view the topic from an intercultural perspective - if only to prevent a "cultural clash," as American historian Samuel Huntington once called it.
But it's such a fake: no one is "oben ohne" here. The only topless thing at the festival is awning-less the rooftop terrace. Tim Renner, Berlin's former state secretary for cultural affairs and now SPD candidate for the German parliament, the Bundestag, has bared all for his homeland.
Renner presents himself naked in a video - remarkable, considering his prudish electoral district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. He said he's aiming to win over swing voters. But it comes across less as an avowal and more as a threat.
And yet, other politicians are also swinging the naked punch as well. Berlin's B. But what will Chancellor Angela Merkel do if she gets wind of it as we near the end of the national election campaign?
