Mass weekend protests across Germany to denounce far right AfD party

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According to national authorities, around 250,000 people took to the streets across several cities in Germany, to denounce the AfD and right-wing extremists' deportation goals.

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00:00 Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany on Saturday to protest the

00:04 far-right AfD party.

00:07 The demonstrations come after a report was published on January 10th saying that party

00:11 members met with right-wing extremists to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants,

00:17 including some with German citizenship.

00:20 In Frankfurt alone, authorities said the protests drew 35,000 people.

00:24 "I expected that I wouldn't be standing here alone, but there are so many of them,

00:30 not just here, but all the way to Zeil.

00:32 It's unbelievable.

00:33 It's good to know that we are the majority."

00:38 The backlash prompted by the report, published by media outlet Correctiv, has prompted renewed

00:43 calls for Germany to consider banning the AfD.

00:47 The protests also reflect growing concerns over the party's growing popularity among

00:51 German voters after it won its very first mayoral and district council elections last

00:57 summer.

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