2024-04-23 19:41:14
Entry ban or activity ban? The former finance minister of Greece was excluded from the Palestine Congress in Berlin by German authorities. That happened.
In connection with the controversial Palestine Congress in Berlin, the German authorities have also imposed an entry ban on the former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. “In order to prevent anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda at the event,” several entry bans were issued, the AFP news agency learned from security circles on Sunday. One of them concerns Varoufakis.
Congress was canceled
The “Handelsblatt” first reported on Sunday about the information from security circles about the entry ban. Varoufakis, co-founder of the left-wing pan-European party Diem25, wrote on the online network This even applies to participation in online events, for example via the Zoom network. However, according to information from security circles, this is an entry ban.
The Berlin police broke up the controversial Palestine Congress on Friday shortly after it began. The police explained that the organizers had brought in a speaker who was banned from political activity. She ended the event and also announced a ban on Saturday and Sunday.