Photo: DPAAngela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has blamed a culture of silent tolerance of left-wing extremism for riots that blighted Hamburg during the G20 summit over the weekend. Hamburg has a large left-wing scene, with police claiming that there are over 1,000 left-wing extremists residing in the city, over half of whom are prepared to use violence. Strobl said that Hamburg needs to impose the authority of the state in its left-wing districts, after ignoring the problem for too long. The cultural centre is accused of having invited violent left-wing radicals from around Europe to take part in the demo. The G20 in Hamburg made that clear,” said Maas, adding that many of the rioters travelled to the summit from other European countries.

Source: The Local July 10, 2017 13:41 UTC