2024-01-15 23:34:32
Thousands of people took to the streets once morest the AfD in several German cities. According to police, around 6,700 demonstrators took part in a protest march in Essen on Monday evening. The police in Leipzig reported the number of participants late in the evening as 6,000. In Rostock, around 2,500 demonstrators took part in an event called for by the network “Rostock nazifrei – Colorful instead of brown eV”.
In Essen, many carried banners with inscriptions such as: “Don’t let Nazis march or take part in government” or “Colourful instead of crappy brown”. Among the participants were groups such as “Grandmas Against the Right” and the DGB Youth. The “Essen opposes itself” alliance, which is supported by left-wing and civil organizations, called for this. In their announcement, the initiators explicitly referred to a report by the media company Correctiv regarding the participation of AfD officials and individual members of the Values Union in a meeting of radical right-wing parties in Potsdam last year. Already at the weekend, tens of thousands took to the streets once morest the right in several demonstrations across Germany.
The protest in Leipzig was directed not only once morest the AfD but also once morest the ultra-conservative Union of Values. The police initially estimated the number of participants at around 5,000. The “Leipzig takes a seat” alliance had a demonstration under the title “Enough!” called. The demonstrators shouted “Never once more fascism” and posters read “noAfD” and “AfD = Nazi Party”.
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