The SPD’s answer: Spenden, Kundgebungen, Solidarität zeigen. As with a number of parties in Germany, the US and UK it is at times difficult to discern immediately what is serious and what parody. They are all, it seems however, serious.

Die Linke’s answer. The wording here is de rigueur it seems – yesterday I gave up on one of Jeremy Scahill’s articles after the first couple sentences of brutal acts, senseless violence.