“Pope Francis met refugees in Lesvos and called for solidarity,” writes the Rheinische Post, entitled “The Shipwreck of Civilization.” . He even spoke of “the wreck of civilization”, describing the Mediterranean as a “cemetery without tombstones”: “We must not allow the Mare Nostrum to become a sea of the dead”, stressed the Pope “.
“This is the Pope’s second visit to Lesvos. In 2016, he took twelve Syrian refugees with him to Rome, notes the Berlin-based Tageszeitung (taz) under the headline “Criticism of refugee management”: The German newspaper notes: Sakellaropoulou saying: “I call on you to stop ignoring the reality and to repel or transfer to others the responsibilities for the immigrant”
Determined to rule by the Social Democrats
Following the approval of the government agreement at the extraordinary congress of the German Social Democrats with almost 99%, the Süddeutsche Zeitung states in a comment: “The message of the conference was clear. This party wants to rule. He will not do it because he has to, as has happened in the last four years as a government partner on the side of Angela Merkel’s Conservatives. Back then, reluctance was always more than obvious. This time, however, the climate is completely different. “
For its part, the Tageszeitung (taz) notes a 180-degree turn in the Solz Social Democrats: “Until four more months ago, the SPD was a zombie party. His conservative opponents spoke of a former People’s Party slipping into obscurity, while the Greens plotted on the ruins of Social Democracy in Germany, the strongest center-left party. The Social Democrats received obituaries and ironic comments and then won the election. “The approval of the government agreement with almost 99% reflects in the clearest way the feeling of many Social Democrats that they survived their own funeral.”
Mandatory vaccination is the wrong way
The Süddeutsche Zeitung comments on compulsory vaccination in Germany entitled “Vaccinations like in Bremen”: “Compulsory vaccination is the wrong way. In Germany we have not yet exhausted all the means to persuade those who do not want to be vaccinated. The example of the state of Bremen shows that persuasion works. He repeatedly sent letters to citizens urging them to get vaccinated. He saw an outbreak of infections and sent specialists there to talk to the citizens. Result; 92% of adults are fully vaccinated.
The state of Bremen has proved that the goal can be achieved without obligation. Most of those who are not vaccinated are not anti-vaccines or coronaviruses, but people who fear that the long-term effects of vaccines have not yet been adequately studied. At least that is the answer of the respondents in various surveys. The aim is to help these people get rid of their fears, not to force them to be vaccinated, further reinforcing their fears. Fear is a dangerous emotion, which easily turns into hatred. Many of us may not understand all of this. We must, however, respect them. We can still reach this part of the population. “
Stefanos Georgakopoulos
DW
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