Color smears in Cologne: Attacks on party headquarters from the CDU and SPD!
Color smears in Cologne: Attacks on party headquarters from the CDU and SPD!
In the night of Thursday, April 3, 2025, the party headquarters of the SPD and CDU in Cologne were the goal of a willful color attack. T-Online reports that the unknown perpetrators acted between 3 and 4 a.m. in the early morning. Eyewitnesses reported on two hooded people who were spotted near the affected buildings.
The SPD office in Magnusstraße was particularly difficult to hit. Here not only the facade was smeared with red color, but also a glass pane was damaged. The CDU party center under pocket maker was also not undoressed; Although the damage was less serious there, color pollution can also be seen here, such as the Kölner Stadt-AzigerInvestigations of the state protection
State protection has started the investigation to clarify the background of this attack. The motivation of the perpetrators remains unclear for the time being, but there could be a connection with the current coalition negotiations. Most of the police stated that the importance of the smearings could not yet be fully evaluated. The unconventional protests in Cologne are not a new phenomenon, especially in the context of political tensions.
A police spokesman referred to previous incidents, including protests that were triggered in January 2025 by the acceptance of AfD votes in connection with a migration policy debate. At that time there were already riots and blockages in front of the CDU office, where Cologne CDU politician Karl Mandl actively started talking to demonstrators. These developments testify to an increasingly polarized political landscape.
The damage to the party centers is currently still evaluated; However, there is no information about the amount of damage caused. Both the SPD and CDU had to accept similar incidents in the past, including smearings at the SPD office in January 2024.
The attack raises questions about the social mood in Cologne and the reactions to current political decisions. It remains to be seen whether these color attacks are an expression of protest or pure vandalism.
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