A lot really right after everything that had happened in the previous ten days you know roughly ten thousand people show up Five Thousand to protest the nazi attacks doesnt really suggest to me that theres any sort of wave of nazi sentiment in the country at the moment to the point that people are going to go out onto street the. Thats why i thought it was fascinating that when they had the concert which i think was on a monday you had sixty Five Thousand people there as you said and yet for this other protest which was really much more political which was on a sunday you only had a smattering of people show up valor their final these calls since the riots. For people to take a stand to stand up is it naive to think that a concert can make a difference i think that for the people who live there who are on the left wing spectrum is actually important to see that they have support within the German Society. However of course this is one concert one day as matthew
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A prominent groups the Concerts Motto was we are more it began with a Moment Of Silence for the victim of the attack the prompted the initial protests a young man who was stabbed allegedly by migrants now in detention. The far right can germany defeat its demons thats our topic this week on quadriga and here are our guests its a pleasure to welcome Matthew Carney jake back to the program hes chief europe correspondent for politico and he says germanys demons are necessary and will never be overcome the question is whether germanys political elite is drawing the bright lessons from history the events of the past week suggest theyre not and its a pleasure to have valerie who theyre with us shes Political Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of spiegel online and shes been reporting on cam thats the f. T. Community is gradually merging with right wing extreme the. Groups in germany she
says if the moderates in the party fail to take a stand against this development they will inevitably be d
about. crime in the streets how much are we talking about far right protests and who s doing the talking where and for you valerie as a member of the online media can you just take us through the role that online media are playing in this deepening polarization and in what appears to be a certain discrepancy in terms of reporting on crime perpetrated by migrants because clearly many people who are going to the streets are people who feel that their streets are unsafe where is that coming from i feel like that that s one of the issues that really was underestimated by many people especially in berlin especially in the government where the internet has such a high potential for just getting these people together out on the streets and protesting in such a short amount of time however if you re talking about online media you have to
about. crime in the streets how much are we talking about far right protest and who s doing the talking where and for you valerie as a member of the online media can you just take us through the role that online media are playing in this deepening polarization and in what appears to be a certain discrepancy in terms of reporting on crime perpetrated by migrants because clearly many people who are going to the streets are people who feel that their streets are unsafe where is that coming from i feel like that that s one of the issues that really was underestimated by many people especially in berlin saying the government. where the internet has such a high potential for just getting these people together out on the streets and protesting in such a short amount of time however if you re talking about online media you have to
about. crime in the streets how much are we talking about far right protest and who s doing the talking where and for you valerie as a member of the online media can you just take us through the role that online media are playing in this deepening polarization and in what appears to be a certain discrepancy in terms of reporting on crime perpetrated by migrants because clearly many people who are going to the streets are people who feel that their streets are unsafe where is that coming from i feel like that that s one of the this is that really was underestimated by many people especially in berlin essay in the government. where the internet has such a high potential for just getting these people together out on the streets and protesting in such a short amount of time however if you re talking about online media you have to