German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt faces criticism for claiming that "rioters from a migrant background" were behind the violence during the Gen Z movement's weekend protests. Norbert Röttgen of the CDU disagrees with his interpretation, having called for a more differentiated view of the alleged perpetrators. Die Zeit ↗
Röttgen stated that there is no single, unified migrant background in Germany that could be identified as the source of the violence. According to him, these were individual perpetrators. The politician thus rejected generalizations based on origin or migration. Welt ↗
Dobrindt continues to defend his original classification of the violence. During the protests in Frankfurt am Main, several people smashed shop windows and looted stores in the city center. Police confirmed damage to multiple businesses and attacks on emergency responders. postoj.sk ↗
Criticism of the minister's statements also came from the coalition partner SPD. The debate has also spread within the Union itself, since Röttgen is a prominent figure in the party and holds the position of deputy chairman of the parliamentary group. n-tv ↗
The German police union rejected criticism of the police's labeling of the participants in the unrest, but struck a different tone regarding the political discussion of their origin. The next steps will depend on the investigation of specific incidents and on whether police release further information about the identity and motives of the detained individuals. Tagesspiegel ↗
Röttgen rejects Dobrindt's labeling of violent perpetrators as migrants
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„Linke Gruppen und Chaoten aus migrantischem Milieu“: Dobrindt will nach Krawallen bestimmte Gruppen ins Visier nehmen – Röttgen widerspricht
Tagesspiegel
| 06:52 03.11.
Jugendproteste: Röttgen kritisiert Dobrindt für Aussagen über Gewalt bei Protesten
Die Zeit
| 02:19 03.11.
„Es sind Einzeltäter“ – Röttgen widerspricht Dobrindt, es gebe nicht „das eine Milieu von Migranten“
Welt
| 01:54 03.11.
Norbert Röttgen widerspricht Alexander Dobrindt bei »Chaoten aus migrantischem Milieu«
Spiegel.de
| 21:27 02.11.
Po Francúzsku sa rabovalo aj v Nemecku / Výtržníci vo Frankfurte útočili aj na záchranárov. Minister za tým vidí ľavicu a migrantov
postoj.sk
| 21:16 01.11.
Po Francúzsku sa rabovalo aj v Nemecku / Výtržníci vo Frankfurte útočili aj na záchranárov. Minister za tým vidí ľavicu a migrantov
postoj.sk
| 21:16 01.11.
Ausschreitungen: Polizeigewerkschaft kontert Kritik an Zuordnung der Krawalle
Tagesspiegel
| 05:06 03.11.
Röttgen widerspricht Dobrindt: "Gibt in Deutschland nicht das eine Milieu von Migranten"
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| 20:15 02.11.
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