Bands like Toten Hosen and Kraftklub let Chemnitz forget racist marches for an evening . It stays peaceful. But the problem is not solved yet.
Chemnitz (AP) – After an acclaimed concert against racism in front of 65,000 spectators stands for everyday life in Chemnitz and Saxony in the fight against xenophobia and right-wing violence.
Landes-Minister of Integration Petra Köpping ( SPD ) wants to present a pamphlet on this Tuesday, in which she calls for an all-German reconditioning of the reunification period. Köpping sees in unresolved injustices and life break after the fall of one of the causes of the anger and dissatisfaction of many East Germans.
The from Thuringia Dating Group Managing Director of the SPD in the Bundestag , Carsten Schneider , warned shortly move on to the agenda again. “The situation in East Germany is fragile, the democracy there is not so strong, the political center is not so strong, I’m very worried,” he said on Monday evening on the Phoenix television program “Unter den Linden”.
The Saxon State Parliament wants to work up the background and consequences of the incidents that have caused panic throughout Germany since the violent death of a 35-year-old. For this purpose, Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer ( CDU ) announced Wednesday a government statement.
At the concert under the motto “#wirsindmehr” bands such as the Toten Hosen, Kraftklub and the rapper Marteria and Casper played in Chemnitz on Monday evening . The city estimated the number of visitors at 65,000. Police said it was peaceful. Planned counter-events of the alien and Islam-hostile alliance Thügida and the right-wing populist movement Pro Chemnitz had been prohibited by the city.
After the concert, AFD Group Vice Beatrix von Storch turned to the visitors on Twitterand wrote: “You are no more, you are Merkel’s subjects, you are abominable – and you dance on graves.” This tweet in turn triggered numerous outraged reactions in the network.
In Chemnitz it had been for days before demonstrations of right-wing, neo-Nazis and opponents of refugee policy of the Federal Government and counter-protests. The reason was that a German had been stabbed, allegedly by an Iraqi and a Syrian, who are now in custody.
The joint demonstration of AfD and Pegida on Saturday gives the debate over a monitoring of the party by the protection of the Constitution new nourishment. Independently of this, the Lower Saxony and the Bremen intelligence agencies are now targeting the AfD offspring.
In connection with the protests and demonstrations in Chemnitz there are so far 51 preliminary investigations. Most of the culprits are unknown, as a spokesman for the Attorney General Dresden announced.