SPD chairman Kurt Beck had told Henrico Frank he would help him find work if he got a haircut after Frank berated him in public about cutbacks in unemployment benefits.

• 苦苦待业的昂里科·兰克几天前曾经在公共场合就德国政府大幅度削减失业者福利待遇的做法对身为SPD主席的库尔特·克表示了不满，而贝克则立刻告诉弗兰克，只要弗兰克好好修饰一下仪表，他可以立即帮助弗兰克找到工作。