Controversial Berlinale incidents: Buschmann demands consequences. “Rewarding and endorsing” crimes is also punishable.

Criminal law is well positioned to punish such anti-Semitic statements. Politicians accused of “doing a kind of symbolic politics’ and having “no concept” of ‘what the alternative is’ Berlin's Senator for Culture Chialo wants a new anti-discrimination clause following the Berlinale: “It is important to find a legal regulation that ensures that hatred is not financed with taxpayers' money”