The Berlin Senate has classified the slogan 'Burn the old white men' as a permissible statement at a climate demonstration in response to an AfD inquiry. The wording is protected by freedom of opinion and assembly.
According to the Senate's response, the English slogan does not target a specific population group. It serves a disruptive contribution to the assembly and is recognizably not aimed at the commission of concrete criminal offenses.
The statement originates from the former head of the Green Youth. The Senate emphasized that such formulations are fundamentally protected as long as there is no direct call to commit crimes.
The response was given to a parliamentary inquiry from the AfD parliamentary group. It is available to Junge Freiheit and was published on May 27, 2026.
