Germany is to abolish an ‘outdated’ 19th-century law that prohibits insulting a foreign head of state.

https://www.thelocal.de/20170125/germany-to-scrap-law-that-forbids-insulting-foreign-leaders

The German government voted Wednesday to scrap a “lese majeste” law that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had sought to employ against a popular German television satirist.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet decided to abolish by January 1st, 2018 the rarely enforced section of the criminal code that prohibits insulting organs or representatives of foreign states.
“The idea of ‘lese majeste’ dates back to a long-gone era, it no longer belongs in our criminal law,” said Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
“The regulation is obsolete and unnecessary.”
Maas said heads of state and government would still be able to defend themselves against slander and defamation “but no more or less so than any other person.”
Erdogan had launched a criminal complaint under the law – which carries up to three years’ jail – against German TV comic Jan Böhmermann, who had insulted him in a so-called “defamatory poem”.

 Insulting is one thing, calling for a head of states assassination is another. Screw you EU.