(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, 28 MAG - Chancellor Angela Merkel says
Germany has to be more vigilant when it comes to nationalist
movements across Europe because of the country's Nazi past.
Merkel, who was interviewed by CNN's Christiane Amanpour in
Berlin, said in excerpts released Tuesday that Germany has to
face up to populists who are finding mainstream support and
recount "what history has brought."
Referring to populist parties across the continent that were
boosted by European Parliament elections on the weekend that,
Merkel said, "in Germany, obviously, they always have to be seen
in a certain context, in the context of our past, which means we
have to be that much more vigilant than others." Merkel,
speaking Monday, also condemned the rise of anti-Semitism in the
country, saying Germany "always had a certain number of
anti-Semites among us, unfortunately." (ANSA-AP).
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