GERMAN PRESIDENT FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER SAYS 'THE DISCREDITING OF DEMOCRATIC PROCEDURES, THE RADICALIZATION OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND THE DENIGRATION OF COMPROMISE' MUST ALL BE 'A WARNING', ADDING THAT WHETHER 'THE BERLIN REPUBLIC BECOMES MORE SIMILAR TO THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC... HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED', BUT 'IT IS IN OUR HANDS'. ...