Thousands of people have taken to the streets every day for a week to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), after learning of a secret meeting in which members of the party discussed plans to expel millions of immigrants, including already naturalized ones.
Tens of thousands of Germans have been taking to the streets every day for a week to protest. against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), after meeting A secret meeting in which party members debated plans to expel millions of immigrantsincluding already nationalized countries.
More than this weekend 800,000 people have taken to the streets in the main German cities as part of the wave of protests in favor of democracy and against the far right, mainly represented by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
In Berlin They met on Sunday afternoon until 100,000 people, according to police estimates, gathered in front of the Bundestag (parliament), two kilometers from the Brandenburg Gate and to the Victory Column. There have also been demonstrations in Munich, Cologne, Bremen, Cottbus, Dresden and Chemnitz. Meanwhile in Munich, some have supported the call 250,000 peopleAccording to the organization -80,000 according to the police-, so the event has been suspended due to the high turnout that exceeded all predictions. The number of demonstrators since Friday has exceeded 800,000 people.
Before the marches and at a party conference The Greens In the state of Brandenburg the German Foreign MinisterAnnalena Baerbock has called out those who “want to completely turn society upside down and undermine the Constitution.” “To prevent this, We must defend democracy with all our might“, the minister demanded. “We must appoint him clearly and no longer talk about angry citizens, concerned people, right-wing populists, but about those who attack our Constitution.”
Also German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has praised the demonstrators’ commitment to democracy in a message spread on social networks. “These people give us all the courage. They defend our republic and our Constitution against their enemies. They are defending our humanity,” Steinmeier said. “The future of our democracy does not depend on the intensity of the noise of its opponents, but on the strength of those who defend it. Let’s show that we are stronger together,” the Social Democratic politician emphasized.
The Vice President of the BundestagKatrin Göring-Eckardt, born in Thuringia, posted on platform people are on the streets for the democracy we fought for in 1989. It’s encouraging! “I’m happy for everyone who came out, but especially in the East.”
Regional elections will be held this year in the eastern states of Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg. The latest polls attribute a voting intention of more than 20 percent to the AfD there.
Source: EITB
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