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of a juror. do they stand a chance to play can they save the european idea of a leg up of my god i'm here to stand up for european values and contribute to something important that ship. the future of europe starts september 2nd on d w. naked kids lives in kenya it's the city which has come to symbolize the rise of the far right in eastern germany the demonstrations took place a year ago now people in chemists and across the german state of saxony are going to the polls to elect a new state parliament moment which i still haven't decided who to vote for in the

parliamentary elections. it may be a state election but it's attracting interest across germany the right wing populist a.f.d. party hopes to come out the big winner saxony must decide which direction it plans to take and so does nick at c.s.k. . nick has been doing martial arts since he was 8 years old he specialized in m.m.a. for mixed martial arts. a couple had martial arts has probably contributed greatly to myself image it's given me a lot of self-confidence in dicey situations where you're inclined to panic or the adrenaline starts pumping just the panic or should i that doesn't happen so much now because i just know the situation better. can't.

for me can't see eskies 28 years old 5 years ago he opened his own martial arts studio he knows the german m.m.a. scene well and he says it's closely connected to the neo nazi saying especially in a student germany. chop of the worst case i've experienced was at a competition in where people always booed the foreigners during the finals the crowd chanted who not iran short for the right wing group hooligans nazis races. this video is an ad for the well known right wing m.m.a. event camp dinny blowen or 5 of the ne belongs it's an annual meeting for right wing extremists in saxony disguised as a sporting event nick and his friend doug know all about fight of the needless which right wing parties cease to attract new voters. this blue move the

trouble is it's a recognized and consciously public right wing event they're not stupid they promote it like a normal and a finds but what doesn't belong to the sport is the showing of symbols. of playing for them who are in it for the hang of the show and they hang up flags which really belong to the right wing scene. the problem is when the problem is they mix their politics with the martial arts. tala titian's make appearances and try to manipulate people like nations who like to put a real lot of you hear that politicians come and make speeches fishing for votes imaged for nick was born in kenya and spent most of his life here he's encountered nazis outside the martial arts scene too even in school he had to be careful who he made friends with the. in my youth i naturally had

a bit of contact with them at school too and assured in that luncheon you had to decide on your attitude towards them. firstly one of them was really into grated into the neo nazi scene so my attitude towards him was clear. in my no one he could never entirely avoid contact with neo nazis in his youth he did try to stay away from them he takes us to the place where a german of cuban descent was stabbed a year ago here is to get thinks this is the memorial for daniel h. who was murdered here on august 26th 2018. or more the voter his death made headlines across germany so did the demonstrations afterwards around the col marks monument one of the city's landmarks that i. am candidates in 20 a chain just the suspicion that asylum seeker killed daniel was enough for sex and his far right seemed to take to the streets beyond hook and other politicians from

the i.f.t. much side by side with neo nazis they chanted nazi slogans and did hitler salutes and attacked politicians and foreign looking passers by the police were outnumbered and other the well and. nic could see as ski says the demonstrations changed his city since then it's become more polarized the different political camps are more opposed than ever. for the tone encampments has become more aggressive for its divided groups of friends even my own family a bit. for instance nick and his grandparents often don't see eye to why. hello there is a dish today they've come downtown to have a visit with him you get. here. then you can it's when it was still part of communist east germany much has changed since then and they don't

feel safe here anymore. and it's white as an ox and i can't go out anymore at night i don't dare go into the city that's down it wasn't like that before don't beat around the bush it's simple everyone says it's the asylum seekers then if we had more law enforcement and police the feeling would be better but it so you had. defeated bessel the police are getting huge reinforcements not an absolute was located where i have something against people who have committed crimes your having to be captive and to comply with some international legal practice ration in the not so let's get flu when it's not possible to deport them to vendors and foreign images these are. those are the ones who are a burden to us the us since the here in the woods but alas they skip can i was and of course there's no problem with foreigners i grew up in a system in a world that's totally globalized and that only functions through globalization and

people say throw out all the foreigners but our country couldn't survive without them. this weekend so for me it's not a question of with or without foreigners things can only function if we work together with him on the phone to me on. nick really likes to talk with his grandparents especially about politics but he finds this sometimes intolerant though he'd never say that to their faces and in front of the camera they're all a bit reticent to hold off feelings on this topic this issue prejudicially what do you think about the political direction changing the f.t. getting more powerful and giving the far right of boost perspectives to ensure. that but that also means that the people on the left will also get more organized and that would likely provoke more riots or would see other side for after the election because if the a.f.p. comes in 1st protests will increase not only will people protest more they're

unlikely to do it peacefully which will lead to rioting come pretty sure of that since you. have. nick and his friends enjoy a barbecue none of the my f.t. supporters and yet none of the chemist's has a far right problem they say last year's demonstrations were exaggerated by the media they more worried about the city's image shows i only learned about what happened from the media apparently people in chemist's a stamp for next to no reason there's a bit of latent fear them this case has been exploited by all sides. and i did so it goes to show whatever trying to do is present in the media as if everyone in the demo was right wing but that's not how it was said the grass majority were simply concerned if funds session i found it really shocking that even in america they were reporting on kemet some what was happening here people must decide for

themselves how much importance to place on it and that's probably why so many people myself included are afraid to let our children play alone outdoors. which was once totally normal. you're going given what you know as a freedom fighter something i feel the reporting of what happened here in camden was exaggerated i stated that it was all very extreme right wing this. for me what took place wasn't just an extreme right wing event this fall from a i don't like what's become of the water 6 theme of candidates is image has been damaged. i've often wished us were so tossing that i didn't interest the media at the time and it doesn't interest anyone now at the meeting them it's an internal c o 2 and it was a little hit skin. just ahead of the state elections the parties are making a last minute attempt to woo the vote is. that the social democrats

stand mic talks with candidate how quickly they see this ken do you think that chemists really has a problem with racism or is it somewhat exaggerated is this what is your opinion. i think you'd have to go as a standard that says i think there's no german city that's free of racism i believe that we have a big problem with how we deal with racism which is only that which there are cities for instance rostock and mecklenburg for palmer which had problems with it for a very long time and also made negative headlines thing but they tackled it head on in that that's happened when i get the feeling that in kenya people avoid the topic because it's uncomfortable when i mean they're afraid it will harm them just to name it but the silence only makes things worse modesty's especially. that silence is expected to benefit one party the most the a.f.d. saxony is the right wing populist stronghold so they've also put up a stand down town the a.f.p.

candidate he tells nick it's the foreigners not the neo nazis who are the problem. hello i'm nick. you know my neck i'm steffen i'm running for parliament. i thought how come it was kim that's i come from chemists was born and raised here what 3 main statements does the f.t. have for cabinets these are for kim and the cause of the biggest problem here in the city is with immigration and that's a given and you hear it from every citizen they're also unsettled because we're simply not used to that you know all type of life from east german times yes historically but but we had vietnamese cubans etc before can you try right i know and that was good. but at the time they were in principle people who came here for professional training and then they went back home and took those skills with them and we have to look after our own people 1st and those of worked and paid taxes

here 3 years on from what if i'm told i'm doing the discussion the a.f.p. stand is surrounded by demonstrators carrying brightly colored umbrellas it's a protest action to show that chemist's this a colorful and diverse place but the a.f.d. members don't take the protests seriously the atmosphere is still quite relaxed the incident shows kenyans is divided. i'm sure i. asked my friend thanks for the talk there were some good arguments made but as i said a few opinions that just don't fit with my world view and isn't my baby. nick kid c s he won't vote for the f.t. that much is clear but he's afraid that the right wing populist could triumph he longs for a chemist's that's governed by tolerance and respect the way opponents treat one another in martial arts. i tried

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