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Port chair warns of growing right-wing extremism in Germany

Openness and diversity are core values and basic conditions for port companies, the chairwoman of the German ports points out.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated against racism and facism in Germany last weekend. This follows the rise of the German right-wing party AFD. | Photo: Jens Schlueter/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated against racism and facism in Germany last weekend. This follows the rise of the German right-wing party AFD. | Photo: Jens Schlueter/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

International shipping thrives on openness and tolerance, but these values are under political pressure in Germany, where right-wing extremism is on the rise among voters, warns Angela Titzrath, chairwoman of the association of German trade ports.

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