Germany Submits To Islam: Christmas Market In Overath Cancelled"In the German town of Overath (North Rhine-Westphalia), this year's Christmas market has been cancelled. The cost of protecting visitors from potential terrorist attacks exceeds the organizer's budget. The city refuses to cover the expenses. A capitulation to Islam.
It wasn't long ago that Christmas markets were among the social highlights of the year. Whether in small towns or major cities they were meeting points for friends and family, for mulled wine, sausages, and quiet conversations wrapped in winter's cold and early darkness.
Places of Togetherness There was this special peaceful coziness. A place where community was celebrated joyful, calm, and without fear. A tradition that brought people closer together.
What would urban life be without safe and regular gatherings in public spaces? A wasteland. A dystopia.
These moments when people could pause, breathe, and let the soul drift for a moment have become scarce in Germany's public life. Since 2015, since Angela Merkel's open-border decision, Europe has entered its own Michel Houellebecq moment.
The mass influx of young men from predominantly Islamic countries has deeply shattered the population's sense of security.
The list of Islamist attacks in Germany and Europe is long and growing month by month. And it proves how intimidation of secular Western society has become successful when even traditional festivals like Christmas markets are only possible behind heavy police presence and concrete barriers to stop jihadist vehicle attacks.
The feeling of carefree celebration is gone.
Another Christmas Market Falls The cancellation of this year's
Christmas market in Overath near Cologne fits perfectly into this picture. High security costs to protect visitors from terrorism make it impossible to open. The city refused to cover the organizer's expenses.
The same now in Dresden several smaller private Christmas markets cancelled because security costs exploded.
For one and a half years, the market association
tried to negotiate with city officials, said Andreas Korschmann, head of the town marketing group.
Wouldn't this be precisely the moment for the city to step up? Aren't politicians always preaching about civic engagement and vibrant local life?
But there is no sign of courage, no standing up for a free, tolerant society. Just hollow political phrases for their own feel-good bubble.
In Overath, Islamists have managed without any real resistance to push aside a piece of tradition and communal life.
Outside knife-free zones and heavily policed city centers, a chilling silence spreads."
But rather than stand up to the Muslims, the German establishment would prefer to cancel the AfD.
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