Panorama right-wing extremism
100,000 people at a demonstration in Düsseldorf – politicians warn against AfD
Status: 27.01.2024 | Reading time: 3 minutes
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For the second weekend in a row, tens of thousands protested against the AfD in many German cities. People gathered in Düsseldorf for one of the largest demos in Germany. Prominent politicians also took the floor.
In Germany, tens of thousands of people demonstrated again on Saturday against right-wing extremism and the AfD. Alone in Düsseldorf According to police, up to 100,000 people were involved.
There were demonstrations in numerous places in Germany, in some places with prominent political support. In Sigmaringen Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) was there privately Aachen Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) demonstrated. In Osnabruck Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) warned against the AfD at a rally.
Protesters in Düsseldorf
What: REUTERS
Pistorius: “AfD wants to go back to the dark times of racial madness”
The police spoke of around 25,000 demo participants Osnabruck, organizers put the number at around 30,000. Pistorius said the AfD wanted system change. “That means nothing other than that they want to go back to the dark times of racial madness, discrimination, inequality and injustice.” He drew a comparison with the Weimar Republic, which perished not because of its enemies, but because of the weakness of its friends be. “Today we know better, history must not repeat itself.”
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In Düsseldorf The demonstration was under the motto “Against the AfD – We will not be silent.” We don’t look away. We’re taking action!” A 69-year-old, who said he was taking part in a demonstration for the first time in decades, said: “If we don’t show our colors now, we’ll go in a direction from which we can’t get out.”
Demo in Osnabrück
Source: dpa/Friso Gentsch
The mayor of Düsseldorf, Stephan Keller (CDU), said that around 1930 the dangers to the first German democracy were underestimated. Warners were laughed at. “This must not happen to us again,” he warned. “We shout to the extremists: You will never be in the majority again!”
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In Like The police counted around 11,500 participants in a demonstration against right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism. “Our democracy is more stable than the democracy of 100 years ago, but let’s not be too sure,” said Mayor Ulf Kampf (SPD). In Lübeck According to the police, there were around 8,000 demonstrators Kaiserslautern around 6000, in Mannheim up to 20,000. In Aachen According to initial information from officials, there were around 12,500 people Marburg more than 12,000.
Scholz: “Our country is currently on its feet”
The nationwide demonstrations have been going on for around two weeks now. According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, more than 900,000 people took part in anti-right-wing demonstrations last weekend. It relied on police information.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) welcomed the numerous demonstrations against right-wing extremism in the past few days and weeks. “Our country is on its feet right now. “Millions of citizens are taking to the streets,” he said in his weekly “Chancellor Compact” video. It is the solidarity of the democrats that makes democracy strong. “Our democracy is not God-given. It is man-made. She is strong when we support her. And she needs us when she is attacked.”
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