Der er en umådelig diskrepans mellem hvorledes en - muligvis kluntet - udtalelse fra AfD's Maximilian Krah bliver behandlet, og så hvorledes en politiskmotiveret voldsforbryder som Ilaria Salis - man skal vist have de blankpolerede ideologiske briller på for at betegne hende som "aktivist" - bliver budt velkommen på de bonede gulve.
Maximilian Krah :
"A top far-right German politician says he will pull back from campaigning for the upcoming EU elections - although he will remain his party's lead candidate.
The latest controversy comes after the Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s Maximilian Krah told journalists that SS members weren’t automatically "criminals".
"It depends. You have to assess blame individually. At the end of the war there were almost a million SS. Günter Grass was also in the Waffen SS," he told La Repubblica and the Financial Times, referring to the German novelist who wrote The Tin Drum.
"Before I declare someone a criminal, I want to know what he did."
It depends. You have to assess blame individually... Before I declare someone a criminal, I want to know what he did.
Ilaria Salis:
"Salis is one of the 20 radical left-wing, apparently anti-fascist activists, who arrived in Budapest last February with the explicit purpose of attacking ‘neo-Nazis’ and/or ‘neo-Nazi sympathizers’ ahead of the so-called Day of Honour events organized by Hungarian extreme-right groups. The events commemorate the attempt by the German and Hungarian forces in February 1945 to break through the lines of the Soviet Red Army that had encircled the Hungarian capital during what is known as the Siege of Budapest. "
"One of the victims had his shin bones fractured to tiny pieces; another had his skull split open; a woman suffered several stab wounds.
One of the victims had his shin bones fractured to tiny pieces; another had his skull split open; a woman suffered several stab wounds.
Three of the people assaulted were Polish citizens, who suffered, among other things, rib fractures. As Hungarian Conservative also reported, one attack was caught on video thanks to a public surveillance camera.
"Italian activist freed from Budapest house arrest after being elected MEP
Case of teacher Ilaria Salis sparked diplomatic protests after she appeared in court in Hungary in chains
An Italian anti-fascist activist has been released from house arrest in Budapest after being elected to the European parliament, which meant she gained immunity from charges relating to an alleged attack on neo-Nazis.
The case of Ilaria Salis, 39, a teacher from Monza, near Milan, sparked diplomatic protests and anger in Italy after she was brought to court in Hungary in chains, her hands cuffed and feet locked together.
She was arrested in Budapest in February last year after a counter-demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally. Salis was charged with three counts of attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme leftwing organisation. She denied the charges, which carried a jail term of up to 11 years.
Salis was charged with three counts of attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme leftwing organisation. She denied the charges, which carried a jail term of up to 11 years.
“Finally! We are delighted by the news coming from Budapest, MEP Ilaria Salis can now return to Italy and fulfil her new role as indicated by hundreds of thousands of voters,” said Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni, of Italy’s the Greens and Left Alliance party, in a joint statement.
“Our thanks go to all those who, like us, have been outraged and have not accepted the terrible condition in which she was held in Orbán’s prisons over these months. Now she can defend civil and social rights of the most vulnerable together with us. We look forward to welcoming her,” they said, referring to Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
Salis is expected to return to Italy by Monday, her 40th birthday.
Gergely Gulyás, a Hungarian government spokesperson, said: “Sending a criminal to the European parliament does not benefit either the European parliament or the voters.”
He said the election of Salis in Italy made for “a negative image of Italian democracy and of a portion of the voters’ will that wanted to send a criminal to the European parliament”."
Det kan undre at dette pragteksemplar, dette lysende fyrtårn for den "demokratiske samtales" valg til europaparlamentet ikke rigtig har fået nogen omtale i de danske medier. Specielt når man tager i betragtning hvorledes der skal grædes rituel synkrongråd når Mette Frederiksen får en lammer af en stiv polak.
Illusionen om at der overhovedet skulle være noget at tale om bliver mere og mere svær at tro på. Man kunne jo gøre sig det tankeeksperiment, at de politiske fortegn var omvendt. Så er det svært at tro at der ikke - med rette - havde været et ramaskrig, således at de havde blødt ud af ørene i Parguay.
Men det at fremme sine politiske mål med en lægtehammer - eller en motorsav - er lidt noget andet i dette specialtilfælde må det forståes.
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