Gigi D’agostino’s Eurodisco hit “L’amour toujours” from 1999 has unfold in far-right circles previously 12 months. Not least in Germany, the place chants with slogans reminiscent of “Deutschland den deutschen” and “Ausländer raus” (“Germany for the Germans” and “Foreigners out”) are chanted to the well-known melody.
“Oh shit”
Final evening, the music was performed at SD’s EU election vigil concurrently Expressen did an interview with get together chief Richard Jomshof.
Abruptly, member of parliament David Lång jumps in and sings the German textual content.
– Foreigners out! Foreigners out!
Lång then sees Expressen’s reporter:
– Oh shit, are you recording this?
In accordance with Expressen, Lång will need to have then tangibly tried to take the recording gear from the newspaper’s reporter.
Lång was additionally, based on Expressen, urged by Richard Jomshof to depart the vigil.
“Let’s discuss later”
Martin Kinnunen, Member of Parliament and member of SD’s get together board, acquired questions concerning the clip when he visited SVT’s The morning studio on Monday morning.
– I didn’t word this myself in the course of the vigil. It seems like it’s a case of relatively poor judgement, however it’s after all one thing we should talk about with this Member sooner or later.
Leaving the Riksdag
The Sweden Democrats’ group chief within the Riksdag, Linda Lindberg, had a non-public dialog with David Lång on Monday.
– At my urging, David Lång has chosen to resign from his place within the Riksdag. He has sat within the Riksdag since our entry in 2010 and has accomplished very properly for the get together. It doesn’t detract from his reckless actions yesterday, which he himself understands. It’s towards this background that he chooses to depart his seat within the Riksdag, she writes in a press launch.
David Lång says within the press launch that he picked up the music on social media.
– I now perceive that the textual content has been sung in contexts of which I had no deeper data till now. It was not premeditated on my half, and I apologize if anybody was offended. To indicate that I take this very critically, I’ve given up my seat within the Riksdag,” he writes.