“Climate change to blame” for rising crime ━ The European Conservative

According to a major German newspaper, climate change is to blame for the increasing violence in one of Berlin's most famous parks.

In the first half of 2024, 108 crimes were reported in Mauerpark, making it one of the crime hotspots in the German capital. Liberal The Tagesspiegel quotes an activist who takes the term “hotspot” one step further.

“At temperatures above 26 degrees, many people reach their energy limits and literally have problems keeping a cool head,” says Chaska Stern, volunteer spokesperson for the Federal Network for Civil Courage.

This is a problem because climate change is causing “hotter temperatures around the world.”

And when things get heated, “the fuse gets shorter,” Stern adds. This makes people “more violent and you should expect to be involved in at least one verbal argument.”

This is not the only problem that hot weather brings with it. “Because more people are meeting outside, many men have a sexualized view, are hormonally charged and cannot control themselves. Catcalling then occurs more frequently.”

The authorities should therefore “create public cooling rooms for civilians” to help prevent violence.

As Apollo News points out that Stern does not mention – and does not The Tagesspiegel Ask him who is actually committing these acts of violence. Nor does the paper ask why violence is increasing in some areas but not in others.

On the same day the newspaper published the article, the German federal police released a report showing that the number of crimes committed in Germany last year had risen to its highest level since 2012.

Federal Police President Dieter Romann said, “the probability that non-Germans will resort to a knife during a robbery is statistically six times higher than for German citizens. In sexual crimes, it is even seven times more likely.”

Meanwhile, the interior minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said last month that police should generally disclose the nationality of suspects.

Herbert Reul said the move would provide more transparency and save the police time, as their press officers often have to deal with questions from journalists about the nationality of suspects.

By publishing the nationality of the perpetrators, the police wanted to “create fact-based transparency,” said a spokesman for the state interior ministry. “In addition, [North Rhine-Westphalia] The police want to prevent speculation and counter the accusation of trying to cover something up.”

At the beginning of the year, Reul made headlines with the statement: “We have a problem with non-German criminals.”