'Never again': Huge protests against far-right continue in Germany
'Never again': Huge protests against far-right continue in Germany
Hundreds of thousands hit the streets across the country protesting AfD's mass deportation meetings - Click the link for more.
Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets across Germany this weekend as the nation enters a second week of protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Around 100,000 gathered outside the Bundestag in Berlin alone, said the police, with up to 200,000 counted by the organizers in Bavaria's Munich. Significant turnout was also reported in the cities that represent traditional the AfD voting strongholds in eastern Germany, like Leipzig and Dresden.
Finally an article mentioning that CDU members were also present and supporting the plans of the AfD. They are the enablers and cause for the "Rechtsruck" with their policies and rhetoric, trying to fish for far right votes for years.
84They are enablers but at the same time it's impossible for them to position themselves into opposition to the ruling parties because they've been "the establishment" for far too long. So the anti-establishment right flocks to the AfD as the only viable option for them and gets radicalized.
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Wish we could have something like this in the US, but apparently we’re just going to let the Nazis take over instead.
71There have been great lengths taken over the course of decades to make protestation on this scale prohibitively difficult for Americans. The exact numbers are apparently up for debate but between 40 and 80% of Americans can't afford to miss a single paycheck. Splinter protests across the country do fuck all for federal issues and since most people can't afford to make the trip to DC we're stuck with a non-starter until things get so bad that it doesn't matter if people are getting paid or not.
33Protests aren't going to stop the Nazis in Germany, either.
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First they came for the Nazis, and I said nothing. Because fuck Nazis.
The End
43First we came for the Nazis. Then everything was really chill and nice so we went home and had a good night's rest.
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This is just so good to see. A giant majority coming out against an insane minority to tell them that they are insane.
38The AfD, polling second in nationwide surveys...
Since the AfD is the 2nd strongest power in Germany and in the parliament for quite some time now, I would say its about time to protest against it. I mean great they do, but I don't see any bottom-up sharp reflexes, given their recent history.
34What recent history do you mean?
3There were various secret meetings that became public afterwards. From plans to storming the Bundestag like Jan 6 and the Capitol to meetings with far right Nazis that are on watchlists of the local secret service, the Bundesverfassungsschutz.
Latest meeting was on the topic of „How to deport political opponents and immigrants after seizing the political system“ which not only featured known Nazis but members of the CDU Conservative Party (Merkel‘s Crew).
That was the drop too much that ignited the whole protest we see now. And it is well overdue if you ask me
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2nd??? SPD/FPD/Grün Ampel I guess are 1? CSU/CDU is less popular now than the AfD? That's wild.
0Support for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) hit an all-time high of 23% in a poll on Tuesday as the party continued to benefit from the fallout of a budget crisis. Although the ruling coalition last week agreed a budget for next year after a court ruling upended its financial plans, mainstream parties fear that economic uncertainty could push voters to the AfD before elections in three eastern states next year. The Forsa poll put the AfD up one percentage point from last week, a record high for the institute, closing the gap with the opposition conservative bloc which was unchanged at 31%. The radical left Linke slipped one point to 3% while other parties were unchanged. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) were on 14% and the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats, who share power with the SPD, were on 13% and 5% respectively.
Support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) dropped slightly in two polls published on Tuesday after 10 days of nationwide protests against the far-right party, although it remained firmly in second place. Support for the AfD dropped 2 percentage points to 20% in a Forsa poll, the lowest level in four months. The party remained behind the opposition conservatives on 31% but still well ahead of all the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left coalition, who together were polling 32%. The AfD dropped 1.5 percentage points on the week to 21.5% in the poll by the German Institute for New Social Answers (INSA), behind the conservatives on 30.5% and the ruling coalition on 31%. "The demonstrations against the AfD are supported by 37% of Germans and they are showing an impact," INSA chief Hermann Binkert said.
It seems like it has only gone down 1.5% since the protests. 20% support is quite worrying.
3They are only 2nd if you count individual parties, not coalitions. So "2nd strongest power" is misleading
1Extremely alarming I would say. That's what wiki shows as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_German_federal_election#2024
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I'm in this picture (not literally, I was in Halle) and I like it!
34This weekend, there is even a protest in my tiny 30k people town. You love to see it. I will participate, as I did last weekend in Braunschweig (Brunswick).
34Huh, had no idea that's where the name originated.
We have a Altona and Heidelberg in Melbourne, Australia. Guess I can add Brunswick to the list too
💪 Bitte sag "fick dich" zur AfD für uns. Stay safe friend.
2Will do that, gladly.
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The only good Nazi is a dead one.
30Fuck the AfD.
22Yeah, I'm pretty proud of my people.
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