> Germany regularly uses riot police against civilains if they threaten public safety. That's about "threatening the building of a train station", not "sitting

> Germany regularly uses riot police against civilains if they threaten public safety. That's about "threatening the building of a train station", not "sitting in the sun in a park". Regarding Merkel's speeches, I'm sure there is universal agreement within the main stream media, yes. > She also never said her decisions would be "without alternative". This is a deliberately misleading quotation that right-wingers love to use against her. I mean, she's literally on the Wikipedia page for Alternativlos as somebody that loves to say the word. It's so much her thing that she became the poster child.