In Germany, thousands march against the far-right AfD party

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Germany on Sunday 14 January, following revelations of a plan for the mass deportation of people of foreign origin by the far-right AfD party, which is gaining ground in the polls.

the latter “10,000 Demonstrators” Marched through the streets of Potsdam, a city outside Berlin where members of the AfD and neo-Nazis met to discuss the plan in late November, police said in a statement on Sunday. Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Green Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock were also present at the gathering.

in Berlin, “thousands of people” Also gathered around the iconic Brandenburg Gate. Thousands of demonstrators also marched in other cities across the country.

The rallies were held on Wednesday after revelations by a German investigative media reformer that AfD members had discussed plans to expel foreigners or people of foreign origin from Germany with neo-Nazis.

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A shock wave in the country

Martin Sellner, co-founder of the Austrian Identity Movement (IBÖ), presented a project specifically to send two million people to North Africa – asylum seekers, foreigners and German citizens who are not “satisfied”.

Among the AfD members present at the meeting were party co-leader Alice Weidel’s personal representative, Roland Hartwig, MP Gerrit Hü, and the chairman of the AfD regional parliamentary group of Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Sigmund, among others. According to the media.

The revelations sent shock waves through the country, while the AfD enjoys favorable electoral momentum, with a voter intention of 21 to 23% nationally. The party is also above 30% in former East German states such as Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg where crucial regional elections will be held in the second half of the year.

Chancellor Scholz also warned against Saturday “extremists”While the far right seeks to exploit social mobility, first and foremost the peasants.

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“When legitimate protest turns into anger or contempt for democratic processes and institutions, we all lose. Only those who hate our democracy will benefit.He warned.

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The world with AFP