"She knows the chaos": Merz approaches Giffey after the New Year's Eve riots
Created: 01/11/2023 09:05
By: Franziska Schwarz
Friedrich Merz in Markus Lanz's program on January 10, 2023 © Screenshot: ZDF Mediathek
After the New Year's Eve riots, Berlin holds a summit against youth violence - for the CDU only an "expression of helplessness".
Berlin - Quarrels before the summit against youth violence: "Ms. Giffey and the Berlin SPD have had enough time to tackle the problems in recent years," said Friedrich Merz in an interview with the
Rheinische Post
.
"You know how chaotic the city is.
A round table is useless," continued the CDU leader.
"Your summit should suggest action to cover up the fact that under your leadership the police and judiciary are increasingly losing their ability to act," said CDU General Secretary Mario Czaja to the
editorial network Germany (RND)
in a similar way.
The reason for the summit scheduled by Berlin's Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) is the New Year's Eve riots in Berlin with numerous attacks.
The responsible members of the Senate and the mayors from the particularly affected districts are to take part on Wednesday (January 11).
The aim is an exchange of what measures are now necessary.
After New Year's Eve riots in Berlin: Merz complains about integration problems
Before the summit, Merz called for a stronger presence of the rule of law.
If the state looks the other way all year round, focal points and legal vacuums could develop, Merz said on the opening act of the ZDF program "Markus Lanz".
"I think we've looked the other way in Germany for too long, for too many years." There are such focal points in Hamburg, Berlin and Leipzig, for example.
Merz pointed out that many of the perpetrators of the Berlin riots had a migration background.
"We are dealing with a real problem of a lack of integration of young people," he said.
"I'm not one of those who say in general: Those who live here as foreigners are not integrated."
New Year's Eve riots: according to Merz "fun challenging this state"
But there is a problem with a small group of foreigners, Merz said.
"These are mainly young people from the Arab world who are not willing to follow the rules here, who enjoy challenging this state."
The sociologist Aladin El-Mafaalani from the Institute for Education at the University of Osnabrück contradicted this statement.
Merz talks to him “a bit much about people of Arabic origin”.
The police recorded a number of other nationalities.
"So you're probably going to have to take that back in a week or two."
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Because of the New Year's Eve riots, 145 people with a total of 18 different nationalities were arrested in Berlin, including numerous teenagers and young adults.
(dpa/frs)