Its members have been criticized for being insufficiently attentive to the First Amendment, and for not respecting the untrammelled spirit of the Internet.

But many Hamburgers have grown to regard the Elbphilharmonie as a symbol of an untrammelled political elite.

But, to some, the couple’s mixture of uplifting rhetoric and ideological elusiveness suggested untrammelled ambition and hidden agendas—anything but public service.