The popularity of a far-right party produces counter-rallies across Germany
ABC News
Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany turned out for a third weekend to protest the popularity and policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party
BERLIN -- Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany turned out for a third weekend to protest the popularity and policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party.
A rally in Hamburg took place Sunday with a theme of “For diversity and our democracy - Hamburg stands united against the AfD." Organizers said that up to 100,000 people marched through the northern city.
In the western city of Duesseldorf, 100,000 demonstrators rallied Saturday under the slogan “Against the AfD - We will not remain silent. We do not look away. We are taking action!”
Dozens of smaller protests took place over the weekend, including in the cities of Aachen, Osnabrueck, Kiel, Sigmaringen and Wittenberg, German news agency dpa reported.
The pro-democracy demonstrations started two weeks ago after the investigative journalists’ group Correctiv published an article saying that right-wing extremists had recently met to discuss deporting millions of immigrants, including some with German citizenship. Some Alternative for Germany members were present at the meeting.
