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Dernbach, Andreas
Tagesspiegel
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Germany united - by opposition to Islam
Alex W., the 28-year-old who murdered the Egyptian Marwa El-Sherbini in a German courtroom, has been given a life sentence. The daily Der Tagesspiegel complains that the "scarf murder" has failed to engender widespread discussion. "Alex W.'s ideological nuts and bolts are tightly screwed into the minds of many upright citizens. And with headscarf laws some countries have now even incorporated certain components of such thinking into their legislation. Nevertheless it should have shocked many to see how many points of interface there are between Alex W.'s crude view of the world and what is now considered a certainty by very many people in Germany. ... Apparently, however, it didn't. It seems that in the 21st year after the German unification the ideas current both on the Right and on the Left really are creating a nation of brothers and sisters. On the Right Islam is considered culturally foreign, while on the Left it is condemned as an enemy of women, gays and individual freedoms."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Religion, » Integration, » Germany, » Egypt
Europe doesn't know what to do with the Roma
For weeks the authorities in Berlin have been dealing with the case of a group of Sinti and Roma of Romanian origin. According to the Berlin-based daily Der Tagesspiegel the affair is further proof that Europe doesn't know how to deal with the Roma as an ethnic group: "Many Roma live amidst the boundless prosperity of Europe in utter poverty and are vulnerable to attacks and even murder not just on the Balkans. … Meanwhile old Europe is doing everything it can to get rid of the unloved gypsies. When the visa requirements for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens were dropped ahead of their accession to the EU they had to tacitly agree to hold back the Roma. … Must we in Berlin take an interest in all this? No, we mustn't. After all, at present it doesn't even matter that after the Jews the Sinti and the Roma were the second-largest group of victims of Nazi killings. … But those who are aware of all this will perhaps be more motivated … to find a policy for dealing with people who don't fit into our scheme and perhaps don't even want to be put under the care of Germany's social security offices."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Integration, » Minorities, » Germany, » Italy, » Europe, » Romania, » Bulgaria
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