Thousands Protest in Germany Ahead of AfD Conference
Police estimated 15,000 demonstrators blocked roads and sit-in routes as the far-right party opened its conference and re-elected its two leaders.
- On Saturday, thousands of opponents blocked roads to the AfD's annual conference in Erfurt, with police deploying reinforcements across the eastern city ahead of regional elections.
- Opponents accuse the AfD of promoting racist policies and threatening Germany's constitutional order, while co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla seek victories in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- Police estimated around 15,000 people joined the demonstrations, as recent polls put AfD support at 29% compared with around 22% for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU conservatives.
- Mainstream parties maintain a "Firewall" strategy to isolate the AfD from coalition governments; Georg Becker, spokesperson for Widersetzen, said, "We want to make it clear that we simply won't tolerate this."
- In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD holds 41% support against 23% for the Christian Democrats, while leaders recently won a court injunction suspending their domestic intelligence classification as "Extremist.
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Germany's surging far-right party plotted its next moves Saturday from inside a convention center in Erfurt, while opponents tried to block access and thousands protested outside. Police said about 15,000 demonstrators—from unions, NGOs, and left-wing groups—took to the streets and briefly blocked roads leading to Alternative for...
In the city of Erfurt, in eastern Germany, tens of thousands of people went out into the street to protest the annual congress of the extreme right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The demonstrations affected road traffic and public transport. Article VIDEO Chaos in Germany! Thousands of protesters went out into the street against the conference of the extremist right party AfD. The streets are blocked first appears in Romania TV.
The alliance "Remove!" wanted to prevent the delegates of the AfD from reaching the party congress grounds. This is not successful. Nevertheless, the demonstrators consider the action a success.
More than 30,000 demonstrators marched through the Thuringian capital even before the party congress began.
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