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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/03/germany-berlin-latest-rally-protests-against-far-right-afd-party
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-120000-gather-berlin-latest-round-protests-against-far-right-2024-02-03/
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tens-of-thousands-in-berlin-protest-far-right/a-68164252
Around 150,000 people have attended a protest rally in the German capital, Berlin, against the far right and its ideology, the latest in a series of such demonstrations across Germany in recent weeks.
The wave of protests follows a recent report by the investigative network Correctiv on a secret meeting, attended by neo-Nazis, business people and members of the political parties AfD and CDU, among others, where participants discussed a secret plan for the mass deportation of millions of immigrants.
Berlin police said on Saturday afternoon that more than 150,000 people were attending the demonstration, while organizers put the figure at around 300,000.
The location set aside for the demonstration in front of the Reichstag building — the seat of the German Bundestag, or parliament — was overfilled, forcing police to make more space available, a spokeswoman said.
According to a reporter from the AFP news agency, hundreds of people held hands to form a symbolic ring around the Reichstag protecting it from far-right attacks.
Many of them chanted slogans were directed against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which propagates a virulent anti-immigration policy. Some of its members were also present at the Potsdam meeting reported on by Correctiv.
"The AfD is already very open about exclusion. I think it is good that people here are showing that they are against exclusion," a man at the protest in Berlin told DW.
Another protester said: "We can see in Poland or Hungary, how quickly democracy is being dismantled and constitutional bodies restricted. I think that could happen to us too."
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-120000-gather-berlin-latest-round-protests-against-far-right-2024-02-03/
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tens-of-thousands-in-berlin-protest-far-right/a-68164252
Around 150,000 people have attended a protest rally in the German capital, Berlin, against the far right and its ideology, the latest in a series of such demonstrations across Germany in recent weeks.
The wave of protests follows a recent report by the investigative network Correctiv on a secret meeting, attended by neo-Nazis, business people and members of the political parties AfD and CDU, among others, where participants discussed a secret plan for the mass deportation of millions of immigrants.
Berlin police said on Saturday afternoon that more than 150,000 people were attending the demonstration, while organizers put the figure at around 300,000.
The location set aside for the demonstration in front of the Reichstag building — the seat of the German Bundestag, or parliament — was overfilled, forcing police to make more space available, a spokeswoman said.
According to a reporter from the AFP news agency, hundreds of people held hands to form a symbolic ring around the Reichstag protecting it from far-right attacks.
Many of them chanted slogans were directed against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which propagates a virulent anti-immigration policy. Some of its members were also present at the Potsdam meeting reported on by Correctiv.
"The AfD is already very open about exclusion. I think it is good that people here are showing that they are against exclusion," a man at the protest in Berlin told DW.
Another protester said: "We can see in Poland or Hungary, how quickly democracy is being dismantled and constitutional bodies restricted. I think that could happen to us too."
