Intensification of violence against politicians, a challenge for Germany

– International News – Tasnim News, the deadly attack on a Social Democratic Party official in Germany, which seriously injured him, has changed the political arena in this country. It has shocked and deeply worried.

According to the weekly SPIEGEL, politicians from almost all parties expressed their solidarity with Matthias Icke, a high-ranking politician of the Social Democratic Party, after the attack. In a statement made available to the Spiegel weekly, they called for an end to such violence.

In this way, after the attack on Matthias Icke, the main candidate of the state of Saxony for the European elections, more Out of a hundred politicians condemned this escalation of violence. In this statement, which was provided to SPIEGEL, they committed to “respectful interaction between democrats” and to protect each other from physical attacks. The poster was attacked and seriously injured in Dresden. He had to be treated and operated on in the hospital.

Kay Gering, a politician from the Green Party, was also attacked along with a party colleague in Essen, and a representative of the extreme Alternative for Germany party was also attacked in Essen. Niedersachsen was punched in the face.

This statement by German politicians reads: We will not allow the people who want to shape our society to be violently driven from the streets by the enemies of democracy. Here the issue of the right way is raised and we argue with words and not with fists. This statement reads: “When we allow kicks and punches to decide our debates instead of better arguments, we all fail.

Astern Weekly wrote in an article: Attack on Matthias Ike, a tragic climax It is a long-term development in Germany: the number of attacks on politicians in Germany reaches thousands each year. Dresden (has caused panic throughout the country. Current figures show that politicians in Germany are frequently victims of such attacks.

Often this does not affect prominent figures in German federal politics and more It affects people who make politics locally and want to make a change, and the perpetrators can attack at any time.

According to the statistics in the last five years, the German security authorities have about 10,500 attacks. Violent attacks against politicians – an average of almost six per day – in addition, there were almost 2,500 arson attacks or other damage to buildings belonging to parties representing the Bundestag.

These figures were published citing the response of the German federal government to the request of the parliamentary faction of the extreme Alternative for Germany party. This somewhat far-right party and its representatives, along with the Greens, are particularly affected by these attacks.

It is especially worrying that physical violence has occurred almost 1,200 times in the past five years. It has been used against party representatives. And despite the decrease in the number of attacks in 2022, this trend is clearly increasing.

According to the Tagus Spiegel newspaper, Nancy Pfizer, the German Federal Interior Minister, now wants to quickly hold a special conference of Ministers of the Interior to discuss the consequences of recent attacks and possible protective measures.

Frank Walter Steinmeier, the German Federal President, also expressed shock and amazement after these attacks. In response to the escalation of violence against politicians, he said: “This outbreak of violence is a warning: everyone who wants to preserve our liberal democracy must now stand together in all parties against these attacks and abuses in political competitions.” I urge everyone to conduct political debates peacefully, with reason and respect. Let’s not allow radicals to use violence to destroy what defines democracies in election campaigns.

European Parliament President Roberta Mtsula also expressed sympathy with Matthias Icke.

The police of Dresden, Germany announced that four unknown agents attacked the 41-year-old politician while installing election posters in the “Striesen” area of ​​Dresden. Before this attack, another person who was installing propaganda posters of the German Green Party in the same area was also attacked by four people. The German police did not provide more information about the nature of the attack and the perpetrators, and the Ministry of The interior of the state government of Saxony announced that an investigation is underway about this incident. Several politicians from three different parties have been victims of violence in just a few days in Germany. The police union recognizes this as “increasing brutality” and wants a solution, for example in the form of a special fund.

After The German police union (GdP) has called for a significant increase in police presence following the violent attack on Matthias Icke. “Last Friday’s violent act, as well as other similar acts of violence in the recent past, show that there is increasing violence and a growing lack of acceptance of our democratic constitution in some areas,” said the GdP federal police chief. Andreas Roskov, the head of this security body, said: “Therefore, the presence of the police should be increased significantly.

Roskov also called for more equipment for the police. He stressed: Technical tools such as camera surveillance should be expanded at least in high-traffic areas and cooperation between police security officials should be intensified. He said: “It cannot and should not be the case that the federal police continues to work alone with a deficit of 500 million euros this year.” It remains impossible. He emphasized: “Anyone who saves on internal security is definitely saving in the wrong corners. We urgently need a special fund for internal security. It is no longer acceptable to make huge savings at the cost of internal security.”

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