German Justice Minister Heiko Maas attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior German politicians on Wednesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of trivialising violence by white supremacists in Virginia and called for a clear rejection of their ideology.
Governments could only win the fight against hatred, racism and anti-Semitism by rejecting such ideology and the willingness to use violence, said Martin Schulz, the centre-left candidate for chancellor, adding that this applies to Germany and the United States.
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