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Munich’s Oktoberfest to ban Italian disco hit co-opted by far right
Managers say no place at beer festival for song adapted with Nazi slogan ‘Germany for the Germans, foreigners out’
In recent months the schmaltzy love lyrics of L’amour Toujours, a catchy 2001 hit by Italian DJ Gigi D’Agostino, have repeatedly been drowned out at public gatherings by a Nazi slogan: “Germany for the Germans, foreigners out”. D’Agostino has distanced himself from the attempt to reshape his hit, telling Der Spiegel magazine he knew nothing about the far-right adaptation, and insisting the song was “about a wonderful, big and intense feeling that connects people. Among those to condemn the video was Nancy Faeser, minister of the interior, who told the newspaper group Funke Medien: “The question is whether we are dealing with people who live in a parallel society who are neglectful due to their affluence and trample on the values of our constitution.
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