A top German official has trashed people who may be planning to protest against energy blackouts as "enemies of the state" and "extremists" who want to overthrow the government.
The interior minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Herbert Reul (CDU), says that anti-mandatory vaxx and anti-lockdown demonstrators have found a new cause — the energy crisis.
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"You can already tell from those who are out there," said Reul. "The protesters no longer talk about coronavirus or vaccination. But they are now misusing people’s worries and fears in other fields. (...) It’s almost something like new enemies of the state that are establishing themselves."
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However, it’s no "conspiracy theory" that Germans across the country have been panic buying stoves, firewood and electric heaters as the government tells them thermostats will be limited to 19C in public buildings and that sports arenas and exhibition halls will be used as ’warm up spaces’ this winter to help freezing citizens who are unable to afford skyrocketing energy bills.
As Remix News reports, blaming right-wing conspiracy theorists for a crisis caused by Germany’s sanctions on Russia and is suicidal dependence on green energy is pretty rich.