In many places in Italy, traffic lights are considered a recommendation.
This does, however, not apply to Germany. Being caught crossing a red light is a dangerous offence and punished with quite severe fines, if the red light has been red for more than a second it's also, bye-bye driving licence for a month.
"Turn right on red" is only allowed if there is the sign with the green arrow attached to the traffic light. If there is no green arrow it's a no-no.