Tag: Left Party
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Criticism of Israel and hatred of Jews become one: German Bundestag adopts controversial anti-Semitism resolution
The Bundestag has adopted a motion based on the Shoah to combat ‘hatred of Jews and Israel-related anti-Semitism’. Some politicians now want to tighten the Basic Law. After a debate lasting almost two hours, the Bundestag adopted the draft resolution…
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German Left Party Chairman visits Maja T. in Budapest: Politicians call for shift in policy towards Hungary
Two leading politicians from the Left Party met Maja T., who is imprisoned in Budapest waiting for an Antifa trial. One of their demands is that the German judiciary should organise her return. Martin Schirdewan, the current co-chairman of the…
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Thinning air for conscripts: Berlin is balancing interests of Kiev with human right to conscientious objection
Do conscripted Ukrainians have to return home to renew their passports? The German Federal Ministry of the Interior sees an obligation to do so – actually. Before the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Berlin, Development Minister Svenja Schulze ( Social Democratic…
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Italy will not extradite anti-fascist to Hungary for inhumane treatment in prison
Supporters are calling for Ilaria Salis, who is imprisoned in Hungary, to await her trial in house arrest in Italy. Similar appeals are now being made in Germany. Gabriele Marchesi, who is being held under house arrest in Milan following…