German Fan Protest

[St Pauli]

The German government has introduced a law that has provoked massive protest among German fans. The law allows the police and clubs to:
-force fans to undress for searches before entering grounds, -
-bans banners in grounds making any kind of 'political' statement (most banners that would come under these are those attacking the German FA, pay tv sporting channels and the police)
-enables the German FA to remove terraces from clubs/fans that don't cooperate
-reduce ticket allocations for clubs that don't cooperate

This has been rejected by every fan scene and Ultra grouping in German football, and even by whole football clubs, for example St Pauli and Union Berlin.

A couple of weeks ago every ground in Germany held a 12:12 silence in protest under the banner Keine Stimme:Keine Stimmung (No say:No atmosphere) Here's a few examples of this as well as some other actions:

Nice cooperation between the Home and Away ends with 'Scheiss DFB' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR4kVQcUT-8

Hertha Berlin protesting against an enforced 'tennis atmosphere' by throwing tennis balls on the pitch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asG_qxeFM5w

For German speakers Dortmund interviews and protest with a great choreo at the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUTW2-VXT7E

A nice coffin and choreo from Dresden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Fv8gO9AjY

And the following week Dresden enforce their own reduced ticket allocation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhe8Nuahng

German Football- enjoy it whilst you still can.

[harryroyal]

Has the protest made the gov back track at all?

[St Pauli]

No but it has brought the fan movement nationally closer together, which bodes well for the future campaign against the implementation of the laws.

It's also focussed minds among those Ultras who did have issues that needed dealing with, and the ultra scene is appearing to become maturer and more self critical*. It's as shame as this was appearing to happen before these rules were brought in, and shows that there was potential for dialogue between active fans and the German FA, but then these laws aren't really about safety, they're about politicians and police wanting to give it the billy big bollocks and a compliant media.

*It's all in German, but here the Dresden Capo lays out the rules for the coming season, for example don't throw flares into other stands/onto the pitch, don't partake in the mindless smashing up of property. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdEqWcFcc0