“The fact that extremists abuse the Reichstag building is unbearable”

PPoliticians from almost all parties were dismayed by events in the Reichstag in Berlin during the protests against the Crown measures. “The Reichstag building is the place of activity of our parliament and therefore the symbolic center of our free democracy. That chaos and extremists abuse it for their own ends is unbearable, “said Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) of” Bild am Sonntag “.

Protesters against the state’s crown policy broke a cordon at the Reichstag building in Berlin on Saturday night and stormed the Reichstag stairs. The police officers pushed people back. The police used pepper spray, there were fights. Earlier there had been a demonstration in the Reichstag building. The black, white and red imperial flags used by the imperial citizens could also be seen on the protesters. Later, the police broke up the demonstration. Emergency forces cleared the space in front of the Reichstag building and pushed the protesters away.

Police: “We cannot always be present everywhere”

Videos circulating on the Internet show people standing at the Reichstag gate. Only three policemen stood in his way.

Police spokesman Thilo Cablitz explained: “We cannot always be present everywhere, it was precisely this gap that was used to scale the barricade, break it down and then climb the stairs in front of the Reichstag.”

“Diversity of opinion is a hallmark of a healthy society. However, freedom of assembly has its limits where state rules are trampled on, ”said Seehofer. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) tweeted: “The Reich flags in front of the parliament are shameful.” SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz wrote: “Nazi symbols, Reich citizens and imperial flags have absolutely nothing to do with the German Bundestag.”

When asked whether it would have been better to ban the rally, SPD Secretary General Lars Klingbeil said he was surprised that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, according to his own statements, had not discovered any evidence beforehand that “Right-wing extremists are trying to approve this demonstration to infiltrate.” The photos of the day showed something else. “You will have to take a closer look at why this information was apparently not available beforehand or was not properly evaluated,” said the politician of the SPD in “Bild live.” Now it will be necessary to clarify in the Council of Elders of the Bundestag “how were the security concepts”.