The police used water cannons against AfD opponents. Several protesters had thwarted delegates in the morning on the way to the federal party convention in Hanover with seat blockades. For the course of the day more anti-AfD events are planned. The party convention of the AFD started late, because some delegates had problems getting to the venue. With sit-in blockades, opponents of the party had barred access to the convention center in Hannover in the morning. Source Suddeutsche Zeitung
Five Star movement asks supporters whether Matteo Salvini should be prosecuted for allegedly kidnapping migrants. Members of Italy’s ruling Five Star Movement are voting online on Monday to decide whether to block a possible kidnapping trial against Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, a coalition ally and leader of the right-wing League party. Source Aljazeera
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested over the weekend that a mosque in Athens should open with minarets if Greece wants to reopen the Halki Orthodox seminary near Istanbul. Source Ekathimerini
French schools are to replace the words “mother” and “father” with “parent 1” and “parent 2” under a controversial same sex amendment to a law passed this week. Source: Telegraph