German leaders condemn far-right attempt to storm Reichstag
Associated PressBERLIN — Senior German officials on Sunday condemned attempts by far-right protesters and others to storm the parliament building following a protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions. “Reich flags and right-wing extremist provocations in front of the German Bundestag are an unbearable attack on the heart of our democracy,” Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said Sunday. “I expect Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to decisively combat right-wing extremism at all levels.” The head of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, expressed anger at the incident. But he insisted that the incident shouldn’t distract from the fact that “the overwhelming, very big majority of citizens in this country are clever and sensible, and they agree with all of the decisions that we took to protect people’s health and for the benefit of the economy and social cohesion.” Opinion polls show only one in 10 Germans reject the country’s current prevention measures, such as the requirement to wear masks on public transport, in stores and in some public buildings such as libraries and schools.
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