19 April 2013

UN takes Germany to task for 'racist' Sarrazin

Four years after the former central banker sparked public outrage with his book Deutschland schafft sich ab - Wie wir unser Land aufs Spiel setzen “Germany does away with itself - How we’re putting our country at jeopardy,” Sarrazin's views have been officially recognised as racist by the United Nations.

The UN says Germany broke an international anti-racism accord by shrugging off Sarrazin's anti-Turkish and anti-Muslim statements, wrote the Tagesspiegel newspaper on Thursday. At the time, many had defended Sarrazin's right to express his views. [The Local] Read more