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	In an interview with the news magazine ''Der Spiegel'' in May 2013, Cohn-Bendit stated that The Great Bazaar was "not only terribly badly written, but also a strange mix of fiction and experience." The book "originated from an interview, as a kind of manifesto against bourgeois society." Cohn-Bendit was also criticized because several articles with pedophilic content had been published during the 1970s, in the Frankfurt city magazine [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pflasterstrand?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true PflasterStrand] which Cohn-Bendit was legally responsible for as the past editor-in-chief.		In an interview with the news magazine ''Der Spiegel'' in May 2013, Cohn-Bendit stated that The Great Bazaar was "not only terribly badly written, but also a strange mix of fiction and experience." The book "originated from an interview, as a kind of manifesto against bourgeois society." Cohn-Bendit was also criticized because several articles with pedophilic content had been published during the 1970s, in the Frankfurt city magazine [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pflasterstrand?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true PflasterStrand] which Cohn-Bendit was legally responsible for as the past editor-in-chief.

			His former colleague, the Welt editor Thomas Schmid, defended Cohn-Bendit's integrity in his article "Cohn-Bendit was wrong – but he was not a pedophile".<ref>[https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en&client=webapp&u=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article116327519/Cohn-Bendit-irrte-doch-war-er-kein-Paedophiler.html Thomas Schmid : Cohn-Bendit was wrong – but he was not a pedophile.] In: Die Welt. May 19, 2013.</ref> The speaker, Roger de Weck, called for "standards of democratic debate," and defended "citizen Cohn-Bendit" against "slander," warning that "hatred is becoming socially acceptable" in Western democracies.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en&client=webapp&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408230011/http://www.theodor-heuss-stiftung.de/theodor-heuss-preis-2013/rede-roger-de-weck.html Roger de Weck: Acceptance speech at the award ceremony of the 48th Theodor Heuss Prize] (archived on April 8, 2014 ), 2013.</ref>

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	''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway.''		''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway.''
	'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>		'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>

			In an interview with the news magazine ''Der Spiegel'' in May 2013, Cohn-Bendit stated that The Great Bazaar was "not only terribly badly written, but also a strange mix of fiction and experience." The book "originated from an interview, as a kind of manifesto against bourgeois society." Cohn-Bendit was also criticized because several articles with pedophilic content had been published during the 1970s, in the Frankfurt city magazine [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pflasterstrand?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true PflasterStrand] which Cohn-Bendit was legally responsible for as the past editor-in-chief.

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	Cohn-Bendit's 1970s writings on sexuality between adults and children later proved controversial in 2001 and 2013.<ref>[https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#Daniel_Cohn-Bendit Cohn-Bendit and the pedophilia debate surrounding the Greens] (translated German wikipedia).</ref> The same can be said of his statements to ''Radio Télévision Suisse'' (RTS) during the same period,<ref>[https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/cetait-mieux-avant-/video/sexualite-des-enfants-autres-temps-autres-moeurs?urn=urn:rts:video:7210747 Sexuality of children: other times, other mores]. Description: In 1975, on TSR, the politician Daniel Cohn-Bendit made more than ambiguous comments about his relationship with children.</ref> and his later statements on the French TV show ''Apostrophes'' in 1982.<ref>[https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cab01010091/cohn-bendit-fisher 2 minute clip] (French only). Reporting. The politician Daniel COHN-BENDIT is indicted by Bettina ROHL, an independent journalist, for writings with pedophile connotations published in the 1970s. A clip is ostensibly included of Daniel COHN-BENDIT on the set of Apostrophes evoking "erotic" games with a 5-year-old little girl.</ref> Cohn-Bendit apparently stated that "You know, a child's sexuality is absolutely fantastic. [...] You know, when a little five-year-old girl starts undressing you, it's amazing. It's amazing because it's a game, an incredibly erotic game."<ref>Daniel Cohn-Bendit : Antenne 2 , talk show “Apostrophes” from April 23, 1982.</ref>		Cohn-Bendit's 1970s writings on sexuality between adults and children later proved controversial in 2001 and 2013.<ref>[https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#Daniel_Cohn-Bendit Cohn-Bendit and the pedophilia debate surrounding the Greens] (translated German wikipedia).</ref> The same can be said of his statements to ''Radio Télévision Suisse'' (RTS) during the same period,<ref>[https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/cetait-mieux-avant-/video/sexualite-des-enfants-autres-temps-autres-moeurs?urn=urn:rts:video:7210747 Sexuality of children: other times, other mores]. Description: In 1975, on TSR, the politician Daniel Cohn-Bendit made more than ambiguous comments about his relationship with children.</ref> and his later statements on the French TV show ''Apostrophes'' in 1982.<ref>[https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cab01010091/cohn-bendit-fisher 2 minute clip] (French only). Reporting. The politician Daniel COHN-BENDIT is indicted by Bettina ROHL, an independent journalist, for writings with pedophile connotations published in the 1970s. A clip is ostensibly included of Daniel COHN-BENDIT on the set of Apostrophes evoking "erotic" games with a 5-year-old little girl.</ref> Cohn-Bendit apparently stated that "You know, a child's sexuality is absolutely fantastic. [...] You know, when a little five-year-old girl starts undressing you, it's amazing. It's amazing because it's a game, an incredibly erotic game."<ref>Daniel Cohn-Bendit : Antenne 2 , talk show “Apostrophes” from April 23, 1982.</ref>

	In 2013, [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp "the paedophilia debate" in Germany] was triggered when Cohn-Bendit was awarded the 2013 Theodor Heuss Prize. The [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true#Daniel_Cohn-Bendit Green Party, or "the Greens"], of which Cohn-Bendit was associated, had its past links to MAP sympathetic perspectives probed and debated widely.		In 2013, [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp "the paedophilia debate" in Germany] was triggered when Cohn-Bendit was awarded the 2013 Theodor Heuss Prize. The [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true#Daniel_Cohn-Bendit Green Party, or "the Greens"], of which Cohn-Bendit was associated, had its [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|past links to MAP sympathetic perspectives]] probed and debated widely.

	The 1975 text [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Der_grosse_Basar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp ''The Great Bazaar: Conversations with Michel Lévy, Jean-Marc Salmon, and Maren Sell''], a book based on interviews with Daniel Cohn-Bendit about his life from 1968 to 1975, became a focal point of debate. Passages concerning sexual behavior between legally defined adults and children first became the subject of a controversy surrounding in 2001, but were revisited in 2013 with a broader focus on the Green Party.		The 1975 text [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Der_grosse_Basar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp ''The Great Bazaar: Conversations with Michel Lévy, Jean-Marc Salmon, and Maren Sell''], a book based on interviews with Daniel Cohn-Bendit about his life from 1968 to 1975, became a focal point of debate. Passages concerning sexual behavior between legally defined adults and children first became the subject of a controversy surrounding in 2001, but were revisited in 2013 with a broader focus on the Green Party.

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	He also describes an erotic component to his relationship with the children, with the following passages from often quoted in later debates:		He also describes an erotic component to his relationship with the children, with the following passages from often quoted in later debates:
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	''My constant flirting with all the children soon took on erotic overtones. I could really feel how the little girls, as young as five, had already learned how to turn me on."''		''My constant flirting with all the children soon took on erotic overtones. I could really feel how the little girls, as young as five, had already learned how to turn me on.''
	'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 140.</blockquote>		'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 140.</blockquote>

	and		and
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	''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway."''		''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway.''
	'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>		'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>

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	and		and
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	''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway."''		''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway."''
	'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>		'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>

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	He also describes an erotic component to his relationship with the children, with the following passages from often quoted in later debates:		He also describes an erotic component to his relationship with the children, with the following passages from often quoted in later debates:
			<blockquote>
	::My constant flirting with all the children soon took on erotic overtones. I could really feel how the little girls, as young as five, had already learned how to turn me on."		''My constant flirting with all the children soon took on erotic overtones. I could really feel how the little girls, as young as five, had already learned how to turn me on."''
			'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 140.</blockquote>
	– Daniel Cohn-Bendit : The Great Bazaar , Munich 1975, p. 140

	and		and

	::It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway."		''It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway."''
			'''Daniel Cohn-Bendit''': ''The Great Bazaar'', Munich 1975, p. 143.</blockquote>
	– Daniel Cohn-Bendit : The Great Bazaar , Munich 1975, p. 143

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	In 2013, [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp "the paedophilia debate" in Germany] was triggered when Cohn-Bendit was awarded the 2013 Theodor Heuss Prize. The [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true#Daniel_Cohn-Bendit Green Party, or "the Greens"], of which Cohn-Bendit was associated, had its past links to MAP sympathetic perspectives probed and debated widely.		In 2013, [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/P%C3%A4dophilie-Debatte_(B%C3%BCndnis_90/Die_Gr%C3%BCnen)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp "the paedophilia debate" in Germany] was triggered when Cohn-Bendit was awarded the 2013 Theodor Heuss Prize. The [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true#Daniel_Cohn-Bendit Green Party, or "the Greens"], of which Cohn-Bendit was associated, had its past links to MAP sympathetic perspectives probed and debated widely.

			The 1975 text [https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Der_grosse_Basar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp ''The Great Bazaar: Conversations with Michel Lévy, Jean-Marc Salmon, and Maren Sell''], a book based on interviews with Daniel Cohn-Bendit about his life from 1968 to 1975, became a focal point of debate. Passages concerning sexual behavior between legally defined adults and children first became the subject of a controversy surrounding in 2001, but were revisited in 2013 with a broader focus on the Green Party.

			In the chapter "Little Big Men", Cohn-Bendit describes his approximately two years working as a kindergarten teacher in Frankfurt am Main from 1972 to 1974. He took on this position because, in his opinion, there was too little attention paid to children in his political circles. Cohn-Bendit writes that, in his anti-authoritarian work, he strongly identified with the children in his care and developed a desire to be loved and needed by them. This also involved, in part, processing his own childhood experiences. He also found the nature of children to be very instructive; they were very empathetic and honest and possessed a remarkable understanding of adult problems.

			He also describes an erotic component to his relationship with the children, with the following passages from often quoted in later debates:

			::My constant flirting with all the children soon took on erotic overtones. I could really feel how the little girls, as young as five, had already learned how to turn me on."

			– Daniel Cohn-Bendit : The Great Bazaar , Munich 1975, p. 140

			and

			::It has happened to me several times that some children have opened my fly and started stroking me. I reacted differently depending on the circumstances, but their request presented me with a problem. I asked them: 'Why don't you play amongst yourselves, why did you choose me and not other children?' But if they insisted, I stroked them anyway."

			– Daniel Cohn-Bendit : The Great Bazaar , Munich 1975, p. 143