Over 20,000 people demonstrated on Friday in Hamburg against the joint vote of the Christian CDU and the right-wing AFD regarding the tightening of migration policy. Another demonstration is planned for Saturday.
Two demonstrations took place in Hamburg on Friday. The larger gathered 20,000 participants and took place near the town hall, and the mayor Peter Tschentscher, head of the Federal Chancellor's Office Wolfgang Schmidt and the president of the FC FC Football Club, joined it. Pauli Oke Goettlich – writes the DPA agency.
Over 5,000 people took part in the second demonstration – the police spokesman said. Protests took place without interference. Manifestations also took place in Berlin and Düsseldorf.
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Many participants brought their own painted posters with inscriptions against the leader of CDU Friedrich Merz and the alternative to German (AfD). Four senators and management Green Party In Hamburg stood with a banner with the inscription: “Herz Statt Merz” (heart instead of Merz) and singing: “Defend yourself, oppose fascism in this country!” – we read.
Another major demonstration is planned for Saturday in Hamburg, and the organizers expect tens of thousands of participants – informs DPA.
Demonstration in HamburgChristian Charisius/DPA/PAP
Criticism of the Act
On Wednesday, the Bundestag by a small majority of votes supported the conclusion of the Christian Democrats to tighten the migration policy. This was done thanks to the votes of the so far isolated AFD. However, on Friday afternoon, the bill on limitation of immigration did not obtain a majority in the German parliament.
At the initiative of Merz Bundestag, he adopted a resolution announcing the introduction of permanent controls on German state borders and turning from the border of people without documents entitling to enter Germany, even when they ask for asylum.
The CDU/CSU application was obtained by the majority thanks to the votes of the right-wing-opulist AFD. Then too SPD and the Greens considered it a “taboo fracture”, while the Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock She called the interruption of the “sanitary cordon” (isolating a given party or politician by the largest groups – ed.) Shame.
The behavior of the head of the CDU, who won the majority in voting thanks to the support of the AfD, criticized the former Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both largest churches – Catholic and Evangelical and the Central Council of Jews in Germany – also expressed disapproval. Some CDU and CSU deputies also raised reservations.