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Germany: Ibrahim A. Charged With Murder Following Brokstedt’s Knife Rampage

The accused was deemed harmless by a prison psychiatrist before being released from custody where he was being held because of an earlier knife attack.

Three months after the deadly knife rampage in Brokstedt that saw two young people murdered and five others injured, public prosecutors in Germany have brought forth charges against the perpetrator, Ibrahim. A., a 34-year-old Palestinian.

Ibrahim. A., who previously compared himself to Anis Amri—an Islamist terrorist who in 2016 killed 13 people and injured 67 after plowing through a Christmas market on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz with his vehicle—on Thursday, April 27th, was formally charged by the Itzehoe public prosecutor’s office with two counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder, Der Spiegel reports.

by Blazingcatfur•April 29, 2023April 29, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Chinese cars pose an existential threat to Europe

Electric vehicles are taking over from German diesel

The European automotive sector — above all the German car industry — is a bulwark of the EU’s economic might. But for how much longer? It’s becoming increasingly clear that Chinese exports pose an existential threat.

This week, Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, tweeted out two charts that illustrate the astonishing speed and scale of recent developments.

So is Justin’s VW horse already on its way to the Glue Factory?

by Blazingcatfur•April 28, 2023April 27, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Germany

Germany arrests 28-year-old Syrian over ‘radical Islamist’ bomb plot

German authorities arrested a 28-year-old Syrian national on Tuesday morning, one of two brothers suspected of planning to blow up civilian targets using a homemade explosives belt for “radical Islamist and jihadist” reasons, a statement said.

Public prosecutors in the northern port city of Hamburg carried out searches as part of a joint probe with police, arresting the man whom they believed bought raw materials for bomb-making off the internet over several weeks.

by Blazingcatfur•April 25, 2023April 25, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Number of Migrants Living in Germany Climbs to New Record High

The new figures, published in a press release on Thursday, April 20th, by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), revealed that the number of people living in Germany with so-called “immigration histories” increased by 6.5% in 2022 to a total of 20.2 million—equal to nearly one fourth (24.3%) of the total population of the country.

by Blazingcatfur•April 25, 2023April 25, 2023•0•Camp Of The Saints, Germany

Bavaria mulls reopening nuclear plant under state control

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Sunday proposed that his southern German state could assume control of the Isar 2 nuclear power plant, which was permanently taken off the grid, along with two other remaining power stations shortly before midnight.

Söder, who has been a staunch critic of Germany’s decision to transition away from nuclear energy, told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the move would require an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act to hand control of nuclear power from the federal to the state level.

It was a monumentally stupid decision to shut down the reactors.

by Blazingcatfur•April 18, 2023April 18, 2023•0•"Energy Matters", Germany, Green-Scam

Germans split as last three nuclear power stations go off grid

On the other side of the Gate, there were protests, as demonstrators marched against the closure of Germany’s three remaining nuclear power stations.

By midnight on Saturday, Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim 2 had all gone offline.

At the Brandenburg Gate, where the Wall once divided Cold War Berlin, nuclear energy is an ideological fault-line that splits the country. It is an issue that is emotionally charged like few others. And particularly now as war in Europe again looms large.

by Blazingcatfur•April 16, 2023April 16, 2023•0•"Energy Matters", Germany

Taiwan: Baerbock, Macron comments raise questions on EU ties

First, France’s Macron said Europe shouldn’t follow the US on Taiwan. Then, Germany’s top diplomat said France’s China policy reflected the policy of the EU as a whole. How are these comments seen in Taiwan?

France’s Emmanuel Macron has prompted backlash by saying that Europeans should not be “followers” of either US or China when it comes to Taiwan and urging for more EU autonomy in international policy.

His statements came as China was conducting a massive three-day military drill around the self-ruled island, which Beijing sees as a part of its own territory. On Wednesday, Macron said he was standing by his comments and that “being an ally does not mean being a vassal” of the US. At the same time, he emphasized that France supported “the status quo in Taiwan” and was in favor of solving the situation peacefully.

by Blazingcatfur•April 15, 2023April 15, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", France, Germany, Taiwan, USA

Germany shuts down its last nuclear power stations

At the end of March, Germany’s Environment Minister Steffi Lemke of the Green Party used just a few words to put an end to the dispute that has kept the country in suspense for years: “The risks of nuclear power are ultimately uncontrollable; that’s why the nuclear phase-out makes our country safer, and avoids more nuclear waste.”

Idiots.

by Blazingcatfur•April 15, 2023April 14, 2023•0•"Energy Matters", Germany, WTF?

Paper Tiger? German Army Reserve Only Exists ‘On Paper‘, Says Boss

The German reserve forces are only a fraction of the officially stated size, lack equipment and training, and is a force “that still largely exists on paper”, says the chief of the German reserves association.

by Blazingcatfur•April 14, 2023April 14, 2023•0•Germany, WTF?

German police call for knife-free zones in cities

Germany’s federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), says she wants to take stronger action to combat knife crime.

“We should think about banning knives on public transport, on buses and trains,” Faeser told the Funke Media Group. “After all, anyone traveling by plane is not allowed to take a knife with them.” Apart from increasing security measures on public transport, Faeser said another solution could be weapon-free zones in certain urban areas.

by Blazingcatfur•April 12, 2023April 12, 2023•0•Germany, WTF?

Is Germany persecuting lockdown sceptics?

The arrest of Querdenken leader Michael Ballweg raises some troubling questions.

For much of the pandemic, Michael Ballweg was a thorn in the side of Germany’s pro-lockdown establishment. Now, the 48-year-old businessman has become one of Germany’s most famous prisoners.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2023April 5, 2023•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Germany

Germany Halts Afghan Refugee Admissions Amid Abuse Claims

The typically open boarders government of Germany announced a temporary halt on admissions of asylum seekers from Afghanistan after claims that some migrants may have been abusing the system.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that the country would be halting asylum applications for Afghan nationals on a temporary basis after sources within Berlin indicated that some may have tried to abuse the system.

by Blazingcatfur•April 2, 2023April 1, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Right-wing extremists in Germany’s judiciary?

“Rechte Richter” (“Right-Wing Judges”; no English edition so far) is a book published in 2022 by journalist and trained lawyer Joachim Wagner. Its subtitle asks the question: “A danger to the rule of law?”

Wagner is referring to cases like that of Jens Maier, who was a member of Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party between 2017 and 2021. After his spell in parliament, he wanted to return to his post as a judge in the eastern state of Saxony.

This, however, didn’t happen, because Saxony’s Justice Minister Katja Meier took the matter to court and was successful: Maier, categorized as a right-wing extremist by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), was sent into early retirement. The verdict is not yet final, however, because the suspended judge can appeal the decision.

by Blazingcatfur•April 1, 2023April 1, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Germany, WTF?

Berlin clarifies gender equality rules for topless bathing

When Lotte Mies went topless at an indoor swimming pool in the Berlin district of Kaulsdorf last December, she was asked to either cover her chest or leave the pool. The 33-year-old activist had already called ahead to check with staff that she could go topless and was told it would not be a problem. But when she refused to cover up, the police were called and Mies was forced to leave.

“It was more than humiliating for me that day and it really wasn’t nice to be treated like a second-class citizen on the basis of my gender and not to be able to decide for myself how to [present] my own body,” Mies told DW.

What could possibly go wrong?

by Blazingcatfur•March 28, 2023March 28, 2023•0•Germany

Arabic road signs in Germany

Europe seems determined to go all the way down the road to the end of the nation state.

“Bilingual road signs are a symbolic expression of social inclusion. They show that people identify with their district and diversity.” Thus Samy Charchira, councilor of the Greens in Düsseldorf (very German name), where for the first time in Germany road signs in Arabic have been inaugurated – you know, such as in Cairo, Baghdad or Damascus.

“For several generations, many people, families and traders of Moroccan and North African origin have lived in the district” and “have contributed to building” Germany. “For this they deserve respect, admiration and representation”, underlined the Greens. Morocco’s consul Lalla Loubna Ait-Bassidi also praised the decision: “I am grateful that integration is being expressed in a way that people from 20 Arab nations can read and understand.”

Multiculturalism is the end of nation state and Europe seems determined to go down that road all the way.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2023March 21, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?