Between a million and over 1.5 million individuals marched by way of a number of German cities – particularly within the east of the nation – in opposition to the far-right and the Alternativ für Deutschland (AfD), between January 19 and 21, in accordance with an organisation that took half within the rally. The mobilisation, bigger than even the organisers had anticipated, follows the shock brought on by an investigation revealed by the investigative media outlet Correctiv in early January, which revealed a secretive assembly between representatives of the far proper and members of the AfD. In the course of the assembly, they mentioned a plan to ”remigrate” individuals with a migrant background.
The professional-democracy mobilisation comes because the far proper in Germany proceed their breakthrough in recognition, with the AfD rising to second place within the polls.
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