In recent days, slogans to Gigi D’Agostino’s hit are said to have been sung in Suhl, Thuringia, and on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn. Previously, cases had become public at shooting festivals in Lower Saxony, at the Schlagermove in Hamburg, and at a top boarding school in Schleswig-Holstein.
There were also reports of incidents in Austria, for example in Lower Austria and Carinthia. The police are investigating. The affair started with a short video from a Whitsun party in a bar on Sylt about a week ago. Guests were yelling to “L”love always” racist slogans like “foreigners out” and “Germany for the Germans”The German police’s state security department is investigating. Since then, reports of similar incidents have been piling up.
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The Flensburg public prosecutor’s office is now investigating a woman and two men in the Sylt case on suspicion of incitement, and one of the men is also suspected of using symbols of an unconstitutional organization. A Hamburg university is currently examining the possibility of expelling a student who is suspected of being involved. At least two of those identified in the Sylt case lost their jobs.
In Suhl, Thuringia, two security guards at an initial reception centre were also arrested after making racist comments to the tune of “L”love always” They are said to have played the well-known song on a smartphone while on duty and made racist comments, as a spokeswoman for the police in Suhl confirmed when asked. An investigation is underway on suspicion of incitement.
On the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, investigations are also underway into alleged racist chants. At a dance event for the Rapeseed Blossom Festival, around 15 people “xenophobic slogans” sung, the police announced. The State Security Commission of the Lübeck District Criminal Investigation Department is investigating on suspicion of incitement. In recent days, there have also been several similar cases in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Baden-Württemberg.
Discussion about bans
Because of the rewrites with racist lyrics, the 25-year-old party hit will not be played at all in Germany at some folk festivals such as the Munich Oktoberfest and the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart in the future.
The Hamburg football coach Johannes “Yo-Yo” Liebnau reacted to the Sylt incident in a video. In the 78-second clip, he motivates players from the Hamburg Huskies U20 team to vote in the European elections on June 9 – to stop right-wing parties. The special kind of election appeal spread rapidly on social media.
“There are two options: either by taking a tough stance and telling people “Dude, not with me, piss off” you”or by voting”said Liebnau in the video. He emphasized to the German Press Agency: “Our social responsibility also includes an inclusive and anti-discriminatory attitude.”
Udo Lindenberg also commented. “We cannot allow this to happen. That racism becomes a party hit, that contempt for humanity becomes a trend”the rock musician wrote on his social media channels. “But there are more of us and we are louder!! So fascists, piss off, nobody misses you.” This is a line from his song “Panic Panther” (1992). The singer also posted a photo of himself showing the middle finger.
The Italian DJ Gigi D’Agostino has already made it clear that the right-wing extremist adaptations of the melody of his 1999 hit are exclusively about love.
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