In Germany, increasingly circumstances of racist chants to the tune of the well-known celebration hit “L’amour toujours” have gotten public data. In latest days, for instance, slogans to the hit by Gigi D’Agostino have been sung in Suhl in Thuringia and on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn. Beforehand, circumstances had grow to be public data at taking pictures festivals in Decrease Saxony, on the Schlagermove in Hamburg and at a prime boarding college in Schleswig-Holstein.
There have been additionally experiences of incidents in Austria, for instance in Decrease Austria and Carinthia. The police are investigating. The affair started with a brief video from a Whitsun celebration in a bar on Sylt a couple of week in the past. Company chanted racist slogans resembling “Foreigners out” and “Germany for the Germans” to the tune of “L’amour toujours”. The German police’s state safety division is investigating. Since then, experiences of comparable incidents have been piling up.
The Flensburg public prosecutor’s workplace is now investigating a lady and two males within the Sylt case on suspicion of incitement, and one of many males can be suspected of utilizing symbols of an unconstitutional group. A Hamburg college is at present inspecting the potential for expelling a pupil who’s suspected of being concerned. At the very least two of these recognized within the Sylt case misplaced their jobs.
In Suhl, Thuringia, two safety guards at an preliminary reception centre had been additionally fired after making racist feedback to the tune of “L’amour toujours”. They’re stated to have performed the well-known tune on a smartphone whereas on obligation and made racist feedback, as a spokeswoman for the police in Suhl confirmed when requested. An investigation is underway on suspicion of incitement to hatred.
Investigations are additionally underway on the Baltic island of Fehmarn into suspected racist chants. At a dance occasion for the rapeseed blossom pageant, round 15 individuals are stated to have sung “anti-foreigner slogans,” the police stated. The State Safety Fee of the Lübeck District Legal Investigation Division is investigating on suspicion of incitement. In latest days, there have additionally been a number of related circumstances in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Baden-Württemberg.
Due to the rewrites with racist lyrics, the 25-year-old celebration hit is not going to be performed in any respect in Germany at some folks festivals such because the Munich Oktoberfest and the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart sooner or later.
Hamburg soccer coach Johannes “Jojo” Liebnau reacted to the Sylt incident in a video. Within the 78-second clip, he motivates gamers from the Hamburg Huskies U20 group to vote within the European elections on June 9 – to cease right-wing events. The particular type of attraction to vote unfold quickly on social media.
“There are two choices: both by taking a tricky stance and telling individuals, ‘Dude, not with me, piss off,’ or by going to vote,” Liebnau stated within the video. He harassed to the German Press Company: “Our social duty additionally contains an inclusive and anti-discriminatory angle.”
Udo Lindenberg additionally spoke out. “We will not permit this. That racism turns into a celebration hit, that contempt for humanity turns into a pattern,” the rock musician wrote on his social media channels. “However we’re extra, and we’re louder!! So fascists, piss off, no one misses you.” It is a line from his tune “Panik-Panther” (1992). The singer additionally posted a photograph of himself exhibiting the center finger.
The Italian DJ Gigi D’Agostino has already made it clear in response to the right-wing extremist variations of the melody of his 1999 hit that his tune is solely about love.
2024-05-30 11:51:07