{"id":22361,"date":"2010-09-25T22:20:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T20:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=22361"},"modified":"2014-01-05T20:48:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T18:48:06","slug":"stuttgart-21-symbol-for-the-arrogance-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/09\/25\/stuttgart-21-symbol-for-the-arrogance-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuttgart 21: Symbol for the \u201carrogance of power?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/stuttgart-21.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/stuttgart-21.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/stuttgart-21-300x197.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>The latest of several protests in Stuttgart against the German city\u2019s multi-billion euro renovation scheme has again attracted thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p>It was largely peaceful but late in the evening 27 demonstrators were arrested, accused of blocking a road.<\/p>\n<p>The project \u201cStuttgart 21\u201d aims to turn the main rail terminus into an underground through-station. It would enable the city to become an international transport hub. Stuttgart would join one of Europe\u2019s major high-speed rail routes, linking Paris, Strasbourg and Munich, and on to Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Talks failed to halt early demolition work to part of the station.<\/p>\n<p>Critics challenge the cost which has soared from the original estimate of around four billion euros. They also want more debate on traffic issues and alternative solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme\u2019s supporters argue it would transform Stuttgart into \u201cthe new heart of Europe\u201d, attracting thousand of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>But the row is threatening to fuel more widespread dissent. Some opponents see it as a deal cut by business leaders and politicians and flying in the face of public opinion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the words of one local academic, Stuttgart 21 has become a symbol for the \u201carrogance of power\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.net\/2010\/09\/25\/27-arrested-in-stuttgart-rail-scheme-protest\/\">Euro News<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest of several protests in Stuttgart against the German city\u2019s multi-billion euro renovation scheme has again attracted thousands of people. It was largely peaceful but late in the evening 27 demonstrators were arrested, accused of blocking a road. The project \u201cStuttgart 21\u201d aims to turn the main rail terminus into an underground through-station. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":22362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,922],"tags":[3705,3706,3704],"class_list":["post-22361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany","category-world","tag-arrogance-of-power","tag-german-city","tag-stuttgart-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}