Process - Court convicts Ulm mayor candidate for incitement to hatred
According to a spokesperson, the Ravensburg district court has sentenced the Ulm Lord Mayor candidate Daniel Langhans (non-party) for incitement of the people. As the spokesperson explained on Thursday, the court sentenced Langhans to a fine of 90 daily rates of 60 euros each on Tuesday. The background to this was a speech by Langhans on pandemic measures at a meeting in Ravensburg in January 2022. The verdict is therefore not legally binding. According to the local court, the public prosecutor's office has lodged an appeal. Langhans also announced that he would take legal action against the verdict. Several media outlets had previously reported.
According to the court, Langhans had made a comparison between restrictions for unvaccinated people during the coronavirus pandemic and persecution measures during the Third Reich, the spokesperson said. The public prosecutor had seen this as a trivialization of the injustice of National Socialism.
On Thursday, Langhans stated on request that he would appeal against the verdict. In his opinion, no evidence was provided at the trial that he had played down, glossed over or relativized the crimes of National Socialism, Langhans said among other things.
Langhans ran in the Ulm Lord Mayor election on December 3. According to the city's official final result, he achieved 2.62 percent of the vote. This means he is not eligible for the run-off election on Sunday (December 17), which will take place because no candidate achieved an absolute majority. An objection to the election result was lodged with the Tübingen regional council. The authority did not give a name, but stated that one of the candidates had lodged the objection.
Langhans said that he had lodged an objection with the regional council against the counting of the votes in the election. He therefore doubts that his share of the vote is actually 2.62 percent.
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- The incitement to hatred case against Daniel Langhans, the non-party Ulm Lord Mayor candidate, was handled by the public prosecutor's office in Ravensburg.
- The Baden-Württemberg municipalities have been closely following the processes and judgments concerning Langhans' incitement to hatred case, as it could potentially impact local politics during future elections.
- The verdict against Langhans for incitement to hatred has sparked discussions among various German political parties, expressing concerns about the potential impact on free speech and political debates.
- The Ulm municipalities are now looking forward to the appeals process, as the outcome could determine whether Langhans will remain an eligible candidate for future elections in the city.
- The Local Court in Ulm played a pivotal role in the incitement to hatred case against Langhans by delivering the initial judgment and deciding on the public prosecutor's office's appeal.
Source: www.stern.de
