In Germany, young people are the most right-wing generation in the world, and a Eurodance rave classic with adapted lyrics calling for the deportation of foreigners has emerged as an unlikely youth anthem, prompting the country’s political police to jump in to intervene.
Young people in Germany are increasingly moving to the right, and the anti-mass immigration AfD party is now Most popular Recent polls show the trend is especially strong among 14- to 29-year-olds. This may have an impact at the ballot box (Germany and its neighbors vote in EU elections in two weeks), but it’s also showing up in culture.
German politicians and media have repeatedly reacted with indignation over the past year to a series of video clips of young people dancing and singing along to a song that proclaims “Germany belongs to the Germans, foreigners get out.” The latest instance that has once again sparked outrage took place at an apparently upscale nightclub on the German resort island of Sylt.
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A social media video circulating on German social media this week shows a group of young men and women jumping, singing, laughing and throwing their hands in the air. Given the context, whether the gesture is a dance move or a “Hitler salute” is apparently a matter of debate in the German media.
Germany’s Federal Security Police, which normally deals with terrorism and international crime organisations, are reportedly investigating the singing young people. Die WeltGerman journalist andDiversity ConsultantFerda Ataman, who was appointed as the government’s federal commissioner for anti-discrimination in 2022, said the songs being sung showed that “people are being discriminated against and humiliated.”
Ataman said the song was “pure racism, which is increasingly taking root and being openly expressed among all social groups and age groups.”
Welts And State Integration Minister Aminata Touré of the Green Party said singing the song could not be dismissed as “boyish pranks” but must be seen as a “Nazi cry”. “They should be ashamed! A criminal investigation should follow.”
Sylt video This is not the first time of Exterior Painting This song has become popular among young people in Germany recently. I got it. German broadcaster Bavarian Radio (BR) has shown footage of the song being sung “many times” in “discotheques and festivals across Germany”.
The song itself is not original, but rather repurposes the controversial lyrics of a popular nightclub hit by DJ Gigi D’Agostino. Love as usualwas released in 2000. The electronic dance music (EDM) song became a popular track among European DJs, and a remix reached number one in Germany in 2018. According to BR, some nightclub owners and DJs have vowed to stop playing the song due to its new association with right-wing politics.
With or without the threat of arrest, it is true that young people in Germany are moving significantly to the right. In recent memory, support for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which supports border controls and opposes Islamization, has been limited to middle-aged adults, with little interest from young people or older people. But recent surveys have shown a sharp decline in support for left-wing parties among Germany’s youngest generation, and a sharp decline in support for right-wing parties.
A major survey conducted in April found that the AfD Favorite party Support among young people aged 14 to 29 has more than doubled in two years, a trend German mainstream media has reportedly attributed to pessimism among young people. He said at the timeProfessor Klaus Frellmann had this to say about the results: “We can clearly see a rightward shift among young people. [coalition] “The government’s approval rating continues to fall, but the AfD remains particularly popular.”
“Younger generations’ optimism about the future is fading. The psychological burden of the expanding war, economic losses and fear of debt is enormous,” he said.
