Rallies have been planned across the country since Friday to, among other things, ban the far-right AfD party, the leader in the election, and accuse it of participating in discussions during the meeting by extremists in favor of mass deportations. Foreigners or people of foreign origin.
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In Germany, there were protests against the far right over the weekend. At the end of a new day of mobilization across the country, the Friday for the Future organization and the citizens’ alliance Campact, which is among the organizers of the movement, announced on Sunday, January 21 that 1.4 million people had gathered since Friday. About a hundred exhibits.
This popular movement of rare intensity followed the revelation by the press of a meeting of extremists in Potsdam, in early January, where a plan for the mass expulsion of foreigners or people of foreign origin was discussed. The far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party. The affair has reignited debate over a possible ban on the party, which is heading into the polls.
“Nazis Out”
On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated again against the AfD and its radical ideology, especially in Munich (south) where marches had to be interrupted due to an influx of demonstrators. The Bavarian capital saw its largest gathering at this stage of mobilization, with police estimating the crowd at around 100,000. In processions, some marked symbols “Nazis Out” Or “Never again, it’s now.”
On Berlin’s Reichstag esplanade, large numbers also took part on Sunday, with an estimate of 100,000 people according to police quoted by RBB radio, 350,000 people according to organizers.
According to ARD channel estimates, around 250,000 people gathered in dozens of cities across the country on Saturday.
