Thomas Sparrow
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
It is very significant indeed, because the motivation will determine, and it has been in the past, will determine the political reactions that you see both at a local or regional level and also at a federal level here in Berlin.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
So the fact that authorities are not thinking of a political background or an extremist background, but are rather looking into mental health issues, will also determine what kind of concrete reactions you will see coming in the next few days.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
It definitely has a problem with car-ramming attacks, but each of the three most recent car-ramming attacks had different motivations. You had the incident in Magdeburg during the Christmas market, and that was carried out by a Saudi man with anti-Muslim views.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
You had a car-ramming in Munich in February, which was carried out allegedly by an asylum seeker from Afghanistan who had Islamist motivations, according to authorities. Und jetzt haben Sie ein Auto in Mannheim. Und der Hauptsuspekt da, Sie haben es auch in Ihrer Vorstellung gesagt, ist nicht gesagt, dass er einen politischen Hintergrund hat. Also es sind drei separate Fälle.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Was sie zusammen haben, ist, würde ich sagen, zwei Dinge. Der erste, der Fakt, dass es wegen dieser drei Fälle einen erhöhten Sinn für Unschuld gibt, wie es bei vielen Deutschen ist.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
And the second one is that these security incidents alongside a couple of other security incidents, especially two knife attacks, have basically made this issue a top issue in the political discussion in Germany, especially when it comes to the election that was held on February 23rd, the general election here in Germany.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
It's not easy and in fact in the Magdeburg attack in December you had the situation where you have Christmas markets that were protected by bollards and the man who drove through the Christmas market actually found the emergency exit through which he then drove his car.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
What I'm trying to say with this is that authorities have stressed time and time again that it's impossible for them to guarantee 100% security. The measures that they're trying to include are on the one hand obviously more police security, more police presence, but also focusing, for example, on prevention and on other issues as well.
Global News Podcast
Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
And that is something that we're going to hear in Germany in the next few days, definitely.