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Summary
A survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation found that most young Germans (ages 16-30) feel disillusioned with politics, citing distrust, lack of influence, and insufficient avenues for engagement beyond voting.
Only 8% believe politicians take their concerns seriously, and fewer than 1 in 5 feel they can enact change.
Despite this, 61% still see democracy as the best system.
The findings come as Germany faces potential elections after its coalition collapse, with experts urging politicians to better involve youth on key issues like peace, education, and inflation.
Less than 1% of rallies have been banned. This rumor/perception does not seem to be true.
Good to know you will only occasionally be arrested for wearing a scarf.
There was a general ban in Berlin for like a month that had to be overturned by a court.
Since then practically all demonstrations with relation to Palestine have faced police violence, often randomly attacking and arresting people, beating up people in custody, denying medical care to people they have strangled or beaten unconcious. Organizers are targeted on trumped up charges to have their homes raided multiple times and the police regularly shows up at their door threatening them, that they are watching them closely.
Meanwhile Jewish people and organizations who are critical of Israels conduct are deplatformed, defamed and called antisemitic by government officials supposedly “combating antisemitism”.