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Newshour: Germany: Merkel says far-right extremism must be tackled

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Germany: Merkel says far-right extremism must be tackled

22/06/2019 GMT

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Angela Merkel says rightwing extremism must be fought 'without taboo'

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The German chancellor Angela Merkel has said that neo-Nazis prepared to use violence must be fought from the start without any taboo. She told an annual Protestant church gathering that the state had to pursue the fight at all levels.  

Also in the programme: Is it still possible to use diplomacy to reduce  rising tensions between the United States and Iran? And we also ask if descendants of slaves should receive reparations.Two African American students debate the rights and wrongs of financial compensation.

(Photo: Germany: women matching through the eastern town of Plauen carrying a banner reading: "Social justice instead of criminal foreigners". Credit: Getty Images)

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