Thousands of people gathered in Germany on Sunday to demonstrate against the far right, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, after reports that the extremists had recently met to discuss deporting millions of immigrants. , including German nationals, if they take over.
The protests were in Potsdam, not far from Berlin.
Scholz and Foreign Minister Analena Berbok represent the Potsdam area in the German parliament, and Berbok told the German news agency dpa that she attended the demonstration there as one of the citizens “who stand for democracy and against old and new fascism.”
Last week, media outlet Correctiv reported on an alleged far-right meeting in November, attended by figures from the extremist movement and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
The AfD tried to distance itself from the meeting, saying it had no organizational or financial ties to the event
The furor has prompted some calls for Germany to consider banning the AfD, which has drifted steadily to the right since its founding in 2013.
The AfD is currently second in national polls, behind the main center-right opposition and ahead of the parties in Soltz’s unpopular center-left coalition.
Germany faces elections for the European Parliament in June, followed by state elections in September in the three eastern regions where the AfD is very strong. This includes Brandenburg, where Potsdam is located.
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