COCHEM ON THE MOSEL. A birthday party in Cochem on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate led to a police operation. After the women present sang the slogan “Foreigners out, Germany for the Germans” to Gigi D’Agostino’s “L’amour toujours”, residents informed the security forces.
On site it turned out that those present were themselves foreigners. “It is noteworthy in this context that the women are exclusively non-German citizens and that only one woman has any significant knowledge of German,” the Mayen police department responsible said. They only spoke Bulgarian, Romanian and Ukrainian, it was reported Image-Newspaper.
The women claim they did not know that ‘foreigners out’ was a criminal offense
They learned about the chants through social media such as TikTok. According to their own statements, they were not aware that they may have committed a criminal offense with the text, the police said. Nevertheless, she started an investigation on suspicion of sedition.
After videos of young people singing the slogan “Foreigners out” to the tune of “L’amour toujours” became public, politicians and celebrities criticized the events. In particular, a video from Sylt published in May caused an uproar across Germany. “Such slogans are disgusting. They are not acceptable,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote at the time on the short message service X. (kuk)