Protests held at about 100 locations over party’s meeting with neo-Nazis to discuss deporting those it deems have failed to integrate, including German citizens

More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which sparked an outcry after it emerged that the party’s members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists.

In Frankfurt, about 35,000 people joined a call under the banner “Defend democracy – Frankfurt against the AfD”, marching in the financial heart of Germany. A similar number, some carrying posters like “Nazis out”, turned up in the northern city of Hanover.

Protests were also held in cities including Braunschweig, Erfurt and Kassel and many smaller towns, mirroring mobilisation every day over the past week. In all, demonstrations have been called in about 100 locations across Germany from Friday through the weekend, including in Berlin on Sunday.

Politicians, churches and Bundesliga coaches have all urged people to stand up against the AfD.

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  • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    312·
    9 months ago

    the only way to do something

    See that’s the fundamental difference here. People who aren’t racist pieces of shit don’t see this as a situation where something must be done. Because multiculturalism is a good thing.

    • DeadHorseX@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      9 months ago

      That’s is a blind ideological position, with a very poor evidence base, that frankly is wearing pretty thin across the entire continent.

      Sweden is currently dealing with its capital city turned into the gun crime capital of Europe by drug-trafficking gangs who are migrants and ‘refugees’. Germany and France have both suffered numerous appalling mass terrorist atrocities in recent years. You had the ‘refugee’ go into a school in Ireland and stab a bunch of children.

      Antisemitism is skyrocketing with appalling hate crimes against Jews, and it’s largely coming from Muslim communities who’ve done nothing to address the frightening levels of antisemitism within their communities.

      These are issues that need to be addressed. The levels of extremism among immigrant communities are a threat to many European countries, and there has to be a way to fix the problems that exist in that respect. If you’re just going to ignore these problems, other people are going to point them out and begin to address them, and you’re going to lose the argument in the real world, not just online.

    • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
      212·
      9 months ago

      Of all the good arguments you could use, this is probably the weakest one.