150,000 Germans protest far-right AfD after Saxony-Anhalt win

france24.com

About 150,000 demonstrators protested in around 20 German cities on Saturday against the far-right AfD party following its decisive victory in last week's Saxony-Anhalt state election. The AfD won nearly 44 percent of the vote, far ahead of the CDU's 17 percent, and is seeking to form Germany's first extreme-right state government since World War II. Organizers reported 25,000 protesters in Hamburg and 12,000 in Munich. Protesters waved signs reading "Ban the AfD now," though Chancellor Friedrich Merz remains skeptical of a formal ban due to high legal hurdles. The AfD held a counter-demonstration in Berlin ahead of regional elections there next weekend.


With a significance score of 3.2, this news ranks in the top 9.5% of today's 30431 analyzed articles.

Get summaries of news with significance over 5.5 (usually ~10 stories per week). Read by 10,000+ subscribers: