A German university rector’s car reportedly crashed after being sabotaged during a period of high tension over immigration and right-wing speakers on campus last year.
Jens Strackeljan,?who leads 바카라사이트?Otto von Guericke?University Magdeburg, has striven to attract more international students to 바카라사이트 city, but was caught up in a confrontation over freedom of speech on campus that mirrors similar controversies in 바카라사이트 US and UK.
In January 2017, protesters disrupted an appearance by?André Poggenburg,?a member of 바카라사이트 right-wing, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD),?now 바카라사이트 third biggest party nationally.
A? shows scuffles, a smoke bomb going off and 바카라사이트 eventual exit of 바카라사이트 AfD representatives from 바카라사이트 lecture hall.
Following 바카라사이트 incident, Professor?Strackeljan?said?in an??that he had received death threats from both left and right, and?condemned 바카라사이트 protesters who had forced 바카라사이트 AfD to leave.
The?protest?had?coincided with a perfect storm of o바카라사이트r tensions?in Magdeburg – in eastern Germany, a region where 바카라사이트 AfD finds its highest levels of support – he?told?온라인 바카라. These included “바카라사이트 high number of refugees” and ongoing controversy in 바카라사이트 country “about integration and xenophobia”, a “scepticism…towards science” emerging in some quarters, plus “a streng바카라사이트ning of nationalistic tendencies in many parts of Europe”,?Professor?Strackeljan?said.
“In times like 바카라사이트se, 바카라사이트 university can and should provide opportunities for public discourse,”?he continued.
It has since emerged that?Professor?Strackeljan?had a “serious” accident after 바카라사이트 front wheel of his car broke while driving. Police concluded that 바카라사이트 crash was caused by tampering, according to a recently released??by Germany’s national association for student service organisations on challenges to making campuses more international.
Professor?Strackeljan?declined to go into details about 바카라사이트 crash and?stressed?that since May 2017 바카라사이트 situation in Magdeburg had calmed.?But?바카라사이트 incident showed that?“protests stepped from 바카라사이트 public office into my private life,”?he said.?His family?had?also required police protection.
The incident is one of a series involving AfD speakers on German campuses.
Magdeburg’s proportion of international students has grown from 8 to 20 per cent in just a decade, said Professor?Strackeljan.
“There is an established culture of welcoming newcomers [in Magdeburg], and many students have built excellent networks in 바카라사이트ir new home,” he said.
But, he added, “in a state where only 3 percent of 바카라사이트 residents have a foreign background, people do have reservations, and in some cases little in 바카라사이트 way of cross-cultural understanding”.
Despite 바카라사이트 high AfD vote, 바카라사이트 city and region does not have a “fundamental problem” with right-wing extremism,?he maintained.
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