In Front of the Blue Wall: Visit to Halle an Der Saale

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In the wake of a shock: As on the street in Halle (Saale) is reacted to the new political conditions in Saxony-Anhalt. As quiet as if nothing could be defended.

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We went to Halle, the university city on the Saale and, as some claim (not the Magdeburger), the largest metropolis in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. There, a new state parliament is elected on Sunday and, as everyone knows, for the first time in post-war history, Germany's state legislative and executive power could fall into the hands of right-wing extremists. Their declared goal: "Releasing German science to itself through fundamental re…