Protests in Riesa: Over 10,000 demonstrate against AfD party conference!

Protests in Riesa: Over 10,000 demonstrate against AfD party conference!

on the weekend, 11th and 12th January, the controversial party congress of the AfD takes place in Riesa, Saxony. Over 10,000 demonstrators from more than 70 cities have gathered to protest against the party conference. The alliance "opposing" had announced massive protests in advance and even organized bus trips from all over the country. The police are on site with a large contingent, but control over the situation staggered after the protesting barricades broke. According to AP News , not only several demonstrators had to be dealt with with violent clashes.

important political course

The party congress is of central importance for the AfD, because not only the election program should be decided there, but also officially nominated Alice Weidel as a candidate for chancellor. According to current polls, the party could be over 20 percent of the vote, which catapults them to the second place behind the conservative Union. Nevertheless, a government participation seems to be excluded due to the so -called "fire wall"; Other parties categorically rule out cooperation with the AfD, as reported by the Berliner Live . This will strongly influence the strategic calculation of the AfD before the upcoming elections on February 23rd.

The party congress started at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, but the hall was still not filled with blockages. All of this is done in the context of an intensive competition for voting for the elections, whereby the AfD is trying to assert itself in political discourse while it is confronted with the resistance of civil society.