Tens of thousands of people today marched in more than 60 German cities against the Alternative for Germany (AfD), far -right populism, and asking democratic parties not to cooperate with the AfD.
According to police, at least 35,000 people in Berlin gathered at the Brandenburg Gate and holding candles and lanterns sent their message “against the country’s turn to the right”, with slogans against the co -operation of the other parties with the AfD. “Otherwise, a decent uprising will follow,” the protesters shouted. Christof Bauts, head of the Campact organization, who co -organized the demonstration along with “Fridays for the Future” and the “Parents Against Right”, stressed that “democratic parties must help to withstand the” firewall ” And not to work with the AfD ‘and, specifically, addressing the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Mertz, he warned that “if it is pursuing a majority with the AFD on immigration issues, it will follow a revolt of dignified in this country”.
The demonstration was attended by, inter alia, by the president of the German Evangelical Churches, Anna-Nicole Heinrich, who stressed that “God has given all people the same dignity and that is why we will not remain silent when people are excluded, they are attacked or attacked or attacked or attacked. Threats and we resist anyone who attacks democracy. ” He also noted that the churches remain refuge and called on politicians not to distort the events during the election campaign.
More than 40,000 people also demonstrated today in Cologne, with the participation of Federal Minister of Health Carl Lauterbach (SPD), while a gathering of 3,000 people took place in Asafenburg, where last Thursday an Afghan killed a 2 -year -old baby boy and a 2 -year -old baby boy who attempted to prevent him. “Asafenburg is colorful,” the banners wrote. In the city of Hale, Saxon-‘Anhald, where the AFD central rally was held with speakers Alice Videl and Tinos Khroupala, about 10,000 protesters expressed their opposition. Police were guarding the rallies with powerful forces and assistance from the neighboring states.
Corresponding demonstrations took place in Munter, Karlsruhe and Regenstauf and other cities, and a gathering in Hamburg and elsewhere is scheduled for tomorrow. A year ago, mass protests against the far -right had been held again, with the revelation of the secret meeting of AfD executives with neo -Nazis in Potsdam, Brandenburg, on the plan to deport about 2 million immigrants.
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