Preserving the firewall: 160,000 demonstrate in Berlin against Friedrich Merz

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Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals for strict new immigration rules, which were supported by the partly far-right AfD.

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00:00Tens of thousands took to the streets across Germany over the weekend to show their opposition

00:07to CDU leader Merz's planned tightening of migration policy and the joint vote by the

00:14CDU with the AfD in the Bundestag.

00:17According to local media, Sunday afternoon saw a gathering of up to 160,000 people in

00:23Berlin.

00:24An angry protester said that you do not play with Nazis.

00:55Merz has been accused by protesters and politicians on the left of breaking a taboo and endangering

01:03mainstream parties' firewall against the far-right AfD, but Merz insists his position is unchanged

01:10and that he didn't and won't work with the party.

01:13Polls show the centre-right union, which put forward the migration proposal and bill, is

01:18leading with around 30% support, while the AfD is second with about 20% and the Social

01:25Democrats and Greens further down.

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