For a good three weeks, tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets all over Germany against the right-wing and the AfD. In Berlin it was once again very crowded at a rally on Saturday.
Despite the drizzle, significantly more than the announced 100,000 people gathered in Berlin for a demonstration against the AfD and the right. More than 150,000 people are currently on site, the police wrote on the platform X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday afternoon. The organizers spoke of around 300,000 participants. According to the police, all planned additional areas in the area have been released.
100,000 people registered. A human chain was planned under the motto “We are the firewall”. Behind the campaign against hate and for tolerance is an alliance called Hand in Hand with more than 1,300 organizations. “We want to set an example for solidarity and that we are against discrimination. And that we think it would be nice if a society with diversity instead of simplicity continues to exist in Germany,” said 36-year-old Serkan Bingöl, a Berliner with a German passport and a high school teacher, who came with a group of refugees.
For a good three weeks, tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets against the right all over Germany. The protests were triggered by a report by the media company Correctiv about a meeting of radical right-wingers on November 25th in Potsdam, which was also attended by AfD politicians and individual members of the CDU and the very conservative Union of Values.
The former head of the Identitarian Movement in Austria, Martin Sellner, confirmed to the German Press Agency that he spoke about “remigration” at the meeting. When right-wing extremists use this term, they usually mean that large numbers of people of foreign origin should leave the country – even under duress. According to Correctiv research, Sellner named three target groups in Potsdam: asylum seekers, foreigners with the right to remain – and “non-assimilated citizens”.
30,000 at demo in FreiburgAccording to police, around 30,000 people gathered in Freiburg to protest against right-wing extremism. More than 300 organizations, including the Bundesliga soccer team SC Freiburg, trade unions and churches, called for the largest event in the country.
After a rally on the square of the Old Synagogue, the demonstration set off through downtown Freiburg. Similar protests were also registered elsewhere – for example in Lahr, Lörrach, Wiesloch and Aalen.
Participants brought banners with slogans such as “Human rights instead of rights” and “Germany remains colorful” to the demos. Farmers with tractors also took part in the campaign.
Source: Stern
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