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"A well organized right-wing radical mob"
International media are also picking up the riots in Chemnitz. Germany and especially Saxony are not doing well. A press review
August 30, 2018, 10:00 am Source: ZEIT ONLINE, fo 213 comments
The demonstration of Pro Chemnitz seen from the air © Thomas Victor
The far-right riots of Chemnitz have also triggered international debates. Thus, foreign media assess the situation in Germany:
Chemnitz can be anywhere, commented the standard from Austria. "The first riots in Chemnitz - those on Sunday - were bad, the second day later disastrous: Although demonstrations were announced, the police did not get a grip on the situation and then had to give misjudgment." Such scenes could also take place elsewhere in Germany.
The political dimension of the case "lies in the fact that in Chemnitz an evidently well-organized radical right-wing mob has been waiting for such a thing just to live out pure hatred," writes the daily paper from Luxembourg. The newspaper also blames the political culture in the country for the riots: "The fish stinks from the head."
"Germany is shaken by the worst far-right riots in 30 years," writes The Times from London. "The police have failed to prevent thousands of neo-Nazis and sympathizers from chasing migrants through Chemnitz."
The Times of Israel addresses the special role of Saxony: Especially the state is a "center for the hateful opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel and her decision in 2015 to keep the borders open." The capital Dresden has long been the "icon for neo-Nazis", which reminded there of the bombing of the city during the Second World War. "Later, the city became the birthplace of Pegida."
It was the second consecutive violence in Chemnitz, writes The New York Times. The newspaper reminds at the same time that in Saxony also the AfD is particularly strong: "Recent polls show the AfD in the country in second place, and she is catching up to Merkel's conservative party."
At CNN it is said that only 1,500 counter-demonstrators had faced a superior force of 6,000 right-wing extremists, "some chanted neo-Nazi slogans and Hitler's greetings."
The British Guardian deals with the arrest warrant for one of the alleged stabbers of Chemnitz circulating on the Internet. "The leak fueled fears over good relations between Saxony's police, the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany and the Pegida protesters, which has earned the nickname Pegizei."
The affair has revived tensions over migration policy in Germany, following the arrival of about one million refugees three years ago, writes the French daily Le Monde. "In Saxony, a region with just 4.4 percent migrants, the Turkish community laments the pogrom-like mood."