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Tens of thousands are protesting in Berlin because the influence of the far right is growing

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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday evening against the growing influence of the far right in Germany during a rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

The demonstrators used lamps and their mobile phones to form what organizers described as a “sea of ​​lights” aimed against the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Police in the German capital estimated the turnout at around 30,000.

The rally took place a month before Germans go to the polls for the general election, in which the anti-immigration and Eurosceptic AfD is expected to achieve a strong result.

Christoph Bautz, founder of the political pressure group Campact and one of the initiators of the demonstration in Berlin, demanded that mainstream parties maintain their long-standing “firewall” against cooperation with the AfD.

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He made a direct appeal to conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who is considered the front-runner in the February 23 election and has vowed to crack down on migration if he becomes chancellor.

Bautz said that if Merz pushes stricter migration measures through parliament together with the AfD, “an uprising of decent people will break out in this country.”

Merz has repeatedly said his CDU/CSU bloc will not form a government with the AfD. But he caused a furor this week when he suggested he was willing to accept the party’s support in parliament to get his policies approved.

The demonstrators who gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate chanted: “We are the firewall.”

There were many families with children present. Several posters targeted the Alternative for Germany, such as the slogan: “There is no alternative to the stupidity of the AfD.”

A person holds a sign reading “The AfD has no alternative but to be stupid”, an anti-right demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Monika Wendel/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

People take part in a demonstration against the right in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Marion van der Kraats/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

People take part in a demonstration against the right in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Marion van der Kraats/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

People hold up lights at the "Sea of ​​light for the protection of our democracy" gather on the right in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Hannes P Albert/dpa

People hold up lights at the “Sea of ​​Lights to Protect Our Democracy” on the right in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Hannes P Albert/dpa

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