See Symbolpolitik on Wiktionary
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"english": "[…] and that of making the attempt of having symbolic gestures like the election of the Federal President in Berlin replace that which is unattainable in political reality. Insofar as the Soviets might be tempted to make use of the advantages of the geographical location of Berlin inside the Soviet-ruled area, the usefulness of such symbolic measures can be called into serious doubt […]",
"ref": "1969, Erich Kordt, “Perspektiven und Aspekte: Berlin”, in Moderne Welt, volume 10, page 86:",
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"translation": "[…] and that of making the attempt of having symbolic gestures like the election of the Federal President in Berlin replace that which is unattainable in political reality. Insofar as the Soviets might be tempted to make use of the advantages of the geographical location of Berlin inside the Soviet-ruled area, the usefulness of such symbolic measures can be called into serious doubt […]",
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"english": "What the SPD is suggesting I call symbolic politics for the reason that there is the pretension that something completely new would be created, and as if that something new could achieve an improvement of the environmental situation. But neither the former nor the latter is true in reality.",
"ref": "1986 January 16, Dr. Blens (CDU), parliamentary debates (Deutscher Bundestag), Bonn, page 14264, column C:",
"text": "Symbolpolitik ist das, was die SPD hier vorschlägt, deshalb, weil so getan wird, als ob etwas ganz Neues geschaffen würde und als ob durch dieses Neue eine Verbesserung der Umweltsituation zu erreichen wäre. Aber weder das eine noch das andere entspricht den Tatsachen.",
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"text": "Seine Vermutung: Die Bundesregierung fürchtet, dass eine entschiedene Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit die Konjunktur bremsen könne. „Bisher ist alles Symbolpolitik“, so [Konrad] Freiberg.",
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