![Employees of the Hochbahn check tickets at the exit of a subway station in Hamburg.](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/27/290965/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/advocating-for-decriminalization-of-driving-without-a-ticket-perspectives-from-the-left.webp)
Persons discovered riding public transportation without valid tickets face potential legal action, including monetary penalties and potential incarceration. The left wishes to alter this system.
Hot-Topics![The Elbphilharmonie behind container cranes at the Hanseatic port.](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/27/290486/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/hamburg-has-accelerated-repayment-of-its-corona-emergency-loans.webp)
Hamburg has repaid its emergency loans taken out during the coronavirus pandemic earlier than expected.
Politics![The police escort the participants of a demonstration.](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/27/290283/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/hamburg-allocates-three-million-for-foreign-law-enforcers.webp)
Attempted murders, kidnappings, large-scale protests, and high-stakes soccer matches strain Hamburg's police resources to their maximum. Help sometimes arrives from external sources, but it comes at a price.
Panorama![Participants in an Islamist demonstration hold up a poster with the slogan "Courage for truth".](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/02/249145/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/islamist-violence-numbers-surging-in-hamburg.webp)
Over the weekend, a protest by Islamists in Hamburg sparked anger beyond the city's boundaries. The threat of Islamists prone to violence continues to rise.
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