On Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounced racist populism and the far right.
Schulz thanked the participants in the marches that have been ongoing in the country for weeks to denounce right-wing extremism and support democracy.
Following his meeting with people of foreign origin and representatives of immigrant associations, Schulz said in Berlin: “If there is something that should never have a place again in our country, it is the racist populist ideology.” Therefore, it is good that such a large number participate in the marches.”
Schulz stated that one out of every four people in Germany has immigrant roots, and stressed that “Germany is our common homeland,” but at the same time he noted that many people are currently concerned because they feel that they are the ones concerned with the despicable ideas of humanity spread by right-wing extremists about the return of humanity. Localization.
For her part, Reem Al-Ablali Radovan, Minister of State for Immigration, Refugees and Integration, said that the German coalition government has placed the fight against right-wing extremism at the top of its agenda.
She added that German Interior Minister Nancy Weiser banned associations and tightened laws.
Al-Ablai Radovan believed that it is now important for the Democracy Support Law to be quickly ratified in Parliament. This law stipulates allocating long-term government support to associations and organizations working to protect democracy, noting that this step will serve as a strong signal to participants in the marches.
It should be noted that data issued by the Ministry of the Interior today stated that more than 480,000 people took to the streets to demonstrate against right-wing extremism throughout Germany on the day before yesterday, Sunday, and the day before yesterday, Saturday.
The demonstrations against the far right began four weeks ago due to what the Correctiv investigative media platform revealed last January about a meeting held by right-wing extremists last November in the city of Potsdam, near the German capital, Berlin.
According to the Correctiv report, the meeting was attended by politicians from the Alternative for Germany party, as well as members of the center-right Christian Democratic Party, and the “Union of Values” association, which belongs to the ultra-conservatives and the far-right identity movement.
Among the participants in this meeting was the Austrian Martin Zellner, who has long led the extremist European Socialist Identity movement, which strongly opposes immigration to Europe.
Zellner revealed that he spoke at the Potsdam meeting about “re-displacement.” This is a phrase used by right-wing extremists to express the need to deport a large number of people of foreign origin, even if this is by force.
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