rise of far-right violence in Germany
Berlin (Germany), 18.10.2006 - According to the constitutional protection in 2005 were committed in Germany 15 361 crimes attributable to a right-wing extremist background. In addition, a further, now known information, which were in the first eight months of 2006, according to statistics from the Federal 8000 crimes committed, go to the account of the extreme right. That is 20 percent more than the same period last year.
Current figures are published monthly by the Federal Ministry of the Interior because of a rule request of the Left Party in the German Bundestag. Since May this year, the monthly crime figures were up right-wing extremist Motivation respectively over 1000. The peak was reached in June 1235 with the offenses in this category. This so far this year 452 people were injured. In 19 cases, arrest warrants were issued. About 17 percent of the committed right-wing extremist crimes have here a xenophobic background. In the vast majority of crimes are so-called propaganda offenses. 215 cases in that period were xenophobic violence. The intelligence estimates the number of violent people in the right scene to 10,400 people (as of end 2005).
the Police Union (GdP) reacted to the new figures to criticize the political leadership of Germany. The union chairman Konrad Freiberg criticized the attitude of the democratic parties. This avoided, he said, the direct confrontation with the neo-Nazis. Instead, they ARE OF to high-level summits. This will, so Freiberg, the recovery is the right stop. The cause of the growing danger from the right Freiberg called the "short-term strike of important funds for children's and youth projects, the reduction of youth social workers and the damp of many municipalities virtually defenseless unacceptable neglect of playgrounds and youth clubs. The GDP-Chairman asked politicians to "work and money to take in hand to make families, children and young people back offers choice ".
called The leader of the SPD in the German Parliament, Peter Struck, as well as CDU General Secretary Ronald Pofalla examining legal action against right-wing extremist organizations. The chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Internal Affairs, Sebastian Edathy (SPD), brought the demand for a so-called democracy summit into play, in analogy to the "integration summit" at the chancellery. This requirement is between the parties represented in parliament, however, controversial. They asked the leader of the Greens, Claudia Roth, instead promoting "civil society" projects. (Wikinews)
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