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By: Marvin K. Hoffmann
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Gigi D'Agostino's song "L'amour toujours" is making headlines.
However, it's not about the pop hit itself.
But about what right-wing extremists make of him.
Hamm - Since the public conspiracy meeting of right-wing extremists - including members of the AfD, the so-called Union of Values and the Identitarian Movement - hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets and set an example for democracy and against xenophobia.
Not only in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and other metropolitan areas, people are demonstrating against the disgusting “remigration” plans.
As a result, the senses of the democratic masses are sharpened - and of all things, a pop hit by Gigi D'Agostino is causing an uproar at folk festivals and parties.
How a pop hit by Gigi D'Agostino became an anthem for right-wing extremists
Right-wing extremists have hijacked his song “L'amour toujours,” with which he had a real hit in the early 2000s.
Most recently, revelers at a party at the study center for financial administration and justice in Rotenburg an der Fulda (Hesse) or at a carnival event in Drolshagen (Olpe district, Hochsauerlandkreis) are said to have shouted “Germany the Germans, foreigners out” to the tune.
State security is investigating.
This “trend” is obviously not new.
“A group of people publicly sang at a party on October 14th, 'Germany the Germans, foreigners out,'”
Katapult MV
had already reported in November 2023 and published corresponding video material.
These people sing the xenophobic slogan in question to the melody, which in the original has no lyrics.
Apparently it wasn't the first time that this version of the actually harmless song hit the internet.
Battle cry of the neo-Nazis since the 1980s and 1990s
“The battle cry is not new; neo-Nazis have been using it since the 1980s and 1990s.
Whenever the tonality is right, songs are misused to chant it,” explains a spokesman for
Exit-Deutschland
, an “initiative that helps people who want to break with right-wing extremism and build a new life,” in an interview with wa .de.
Exit Germany exit program
Exit-Deutschland
is, according to its own information, “an initiative of the ZDK Society Democratic Culture gGmbH, founded by qualified criminalist and ex-criminal councilor Bernd Wagner and ex-Nazi leader Ingo Hasselbach, which has been offering self-help for those leaving the right-wing extremist scene since 2000.” .
Now this is also said to have happened at the party in question at the civil service college in Hesse.
As the university management confirmed to the
AFP
news agency , xenophobic chants about a pop song were said to have occurred during a party among university students on January 23rd.
The university was informed of the incident on January 29th and immediately informed the police.
“According to initial findings, it can be ruled out that this was a collective event,” explained Karl Jennemann, director of the study center.
It is a phenomenon that right-wing extremism experts have been observing for a long time.
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“Kreuzberg nights are long” has already been rewritten by neo-Nazis
Among other things, it is also known that the hit song “Kreuzberg nights are long” has been rewritten, explains the
exit
spokesman.
“Something like this happens again and again at celebrations or events,” he says.
But something can be done about it.
“If you have the power to do so, you should intervene and intervene and speak to people about it,” he says.
But often the mood is heated, the roaring crowd perhaps invigorated by alcohol.
“It is difficult to assess how one should behave in this case.
It always depends on the situation,” explains the
exit
spokesman.
The best case scenario is to contact the organizer or call the police.
Because, everyone should agree, racism and xenophobia have no place either at a peaceful party or in a democratic society.