德国内政部长亚历山大·多布林特周一因将周末大体和平的青年示威后发生的骚乱归咎于“移民捣乱分子”，而遭到其社会民主党联盟伙伴和反对党左翼党的尖锐批评。
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt faced sharp criticism Monday from his Social Democratic coalition partners and the opposition Left Party after blaming "migrant troublemakers" for riots that followed largely peaceful youth demonstrations over the weekend.
属于保守派基督教社会联盟（CSU）的多布林特对《图片报》表示，此类群体劫持了周六白天的和平抗议活动。
Dobrindt, of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), told the Bild newspaper that such groups had hijacked Saturday's peaceful daytime protests.
“暴乱者和抢劫者将被识别并追究责任。必须对这种破坏治安行为实施严厉惩罚，”他说，并赞扬警方防止了“类似巴黎发生的暴力过激行为”。社会民主党籍国防部长鲍里斯·皮斯托留斯在接受公共广播电视台ZDF采访时与这些言论划清界限，警告不要对移民进行概括，并强调暴力行为是罪犯和极端分子的所为。
"The rioters and looters will be identified and held accountable. Hard penalties must follow this breach of the peace," he said, praising police for preventing "violent excesses like those in Paris." Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, a Social Democrat, distanced himself from the comments in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF, warning against generalizations about migrants and stressing that the violence was the work of criminals and extremists.
“究竟什么是移民群体？这包括在德国生活了三代且拥有德国国籍的人吗？我们在什么时候停止做这种区分？”他说。
“What exactly are migrant groups? Does this include people who have been living in Germany for three generations and are German citizens? At what point do we stop making such distinctions?” he said.
“我认为这是错误的方向。”反对党左翼党内政事务发言人克拉拉·比恩格将多布林特关注涉嫌肇事者的出身描述为“不能容忍”，并指责他煽动极右翼情绪。“他明知故犯地以其言论助长种族主义怨恨，”她说。
“I believe this is heading in the wrong direction.”Clara Buenger, the opposition Left Party's spokesperson on interior affairs, described Dobrindt's focus on the origins of suspected perpetrators as "intolerable" and accused him of fueling far-right sentiment. “With his statements he is feeding racist resentments, and doing so despite knowing better,” she said.
她强调：“犯罪学研究早已表明，犯罪受各种社会和个人因素以及具体机会所塑造，‘不能简单用一个人的出身来解释’。”
Criminological research has long shown that crime is shaped by various social and individual factors as well as concrete opportunities and “cannot simply be explained by a person’s origin,” she stressed.
她补充道：“通过种族主义叙事无法消除整整一代人的担忧，只有认真对待他们诉求的政治才能做到。”
“The concerns of an entire generation will not disappear through racist narratives, but through politics that takes their demands seriously,” she added.
争议是在“Z世代掌权”倡议组织于周六在德国30多个城市举行示威活动后出现的，抗议社会开支削减、恢复义务兵役计划及其他政府政策。
The controversy followed demonstrations organized Saturday by the "Gen Z regelt" initiative in more than 30 German cities against social spending cuts, plans to revive military conscription and other government policies.
组织者表示，白天的集会是和平的，并强调他们无法控制随后爆发的暴力事件。
Organizers said the daytime rallies were peaceful and stressed that they had no control over the violence that erupted later.
随后，傍晚时分在多个城市爆发骚乱，法兰克福最为严重。路障被点燃，包括一家武器店在内的商铺遭破坏或洗劫，警员遭到袭击。
Evening unrest then broke out in several cities, most severely in Frankfurt. Barricades were set alight, shops, including a weapons store, were damaged or looted, and officers faced attacks.
当局表示，许多傍晚的参与者表现出的明确政治动机有限，可能是在模仿法国洗劫事件的画面。
Authorities indicated that many of the evening actors showed limited clear political motivation and may have imitated images of looting from France.