German business lobby group defends its mocking of Greens leader

FILE PHOTO: Annalena Baerbock, Germany's Green party co-leader and top candidate for the upcoming national election speaks at her party's digital federal delegate conference in Berlin, Germany, June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/Pool/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German business lobby group on Tuesday defended a controversial campaign in which it portrays Greens chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock dressed as a biblical Moses, holding two tablets under the caption "Annalena and the 10 bans."

In its campaign, lobby group INSM attacks the Greens' policies to steer Germans into electric cars and onto trains instead of domestic flights. But its portrayal of Baerbock as Moses has met criticism and accusations of anti-Semitism.