Coordination with AfD: Tens of thousands at Demos according to Union migration application

Tens of thousands of people have protested nationwide against the joint coordination of the Union and AfD for a sharper migration policy and against a background. In Berlin, several thousand people gathered in front of the CDU party center in the evening. The police estimated the number of participants at around 6,000. According to police, around 7,000 people in Munich demonstrated in front of the CSU party center.

The CDU and CSU passed an application to tighten migration policy together with the votes of the AfD and the FDP on Wednesday in the Bundestag. This provides rejection of asylum seekers at the German borders. Peaceful protests mostly took place in numerous places in Germany in the evening.

“Be the fire wall” and “defend fire wall”

For the rally in Munich, the alliance “Munich is colorful!” Under the motto “Be the fire wall!” called. In other Bavarian cities, people also took to the streets against cooperation with the AfD. According to the police, around 2,100 people gathered in Nuremberg.

According to the police, around 2,500 people took part in a protest in Düsseldorf. According to police, around 2,800 people demonstrated in Münster. In Dortmund, according to the police, up to 4,700 participants moved peacefully through the city center. In Cologne, Duisburg and Essen, demonstrations should also take place on Thursday and in the next few days that are directed against the AfD and a cooperation between the CDU.

According to police, around 7,000 people gathered in Hanover. Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) and Lower Saxony’s Minister of Culture Julia Willie Hamburg (Greens) also spoke at the rally.

In Freiburg, several thousand people also took to the streets. The police assumed up to 11,000 demonstrators in an initial estimate. Under the motto “Defending brand wall”, they gathered at the square of the old synagogue in the old town.

Criticism of CDU Chancellor candidate Merz

In Mainz, around 4,000 people demonstrated in front of the CDU state office. A police spokesman said that significantly more people had come than expected. There, criticism of Union Chancellor Friedrich Merz was expressed on numerous posters. For the rally under the motto “Never again is now! Demonstration for heart instead of Merz”, among other things, the Green Youth Mainz and the Mainz Jusos called.

In Kiel, 1,500 people demonstrated in front of the CDU headquarters. The procedure of the CDU is a “taboo break with fatal consequences”, it was said in the demo call of the central educational and advice centers for migrants: inside. In Lübeck there was a rally under the motto “The fire wall fell”.

Several thousand people have also taken to the streets in Leipzig against the CDU plans for a sharper migration policy. The police assumed 5,000 demonstrators. They gathered under the motto “Stop Merz & AfD – defend asylum law – rebuild the fire wall!” in the city center. In Saxony’s state capital Dresden, several hundred people gathered. Politicians from the SPD, the left and the Green part, including Saxony’s deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Social Affairs Petra Köpping (SPD) also took the rally.