00:00Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the German capital on Saturday in protest, after
00:06of the resounding victory of Alternative for Germany (AFD) in a regional election held last week.
00:14According to the Associated Press, the far-right party achieved a landslide victory in last Sunday's vote, although it
00:23It fell slightly short of the majority needed to form the country's first far-right state government since
00:30World War II.
00:31Germany's traditional parties have long insisted that they will not govern together with Alternative for Germany, a political formation.
00:40classified by the German Internal Security Agency as an extremist group in some regions of the country, including the State
00:48Eastern Saxony-Anhalt.
00:50Any rapprochement between traditional parties and the AfD is particularly delicate in light of Germany's Nazi past.
00:59In Berlin, protesters gathered on Saturday waving banners and flags.
01:05This is extremely important in the face of the rise of the far right and its electoral gains.
01:11We want to show that we must and can remain united, even if we have different points of view on the details.
01:18"We want to defend this liberal democracy together," declared Bate Hanneman, one of the organizers of the demonstration.
01:26Protests also took place in more than 35 cities across Germany.
01:31Some of them were organized within the framework of the Proof campaign, which demands an assessment of a possible ban on AFD.
01:48Viva!
01:51Viva!
01:52Viva!
01:54Viva!
02:16Viva!
02:26Thanks for watching the video!
02:48Wir wollen zeigen, wir müssen and wir können auch zusammenstehen, auch wenn wir im Detail unterschiedliche Ansichten haben.
02:54Wir wollen gemeinsam diese liberale Demokratie verteidigen.
02:59Übrigens rechne ich auch. Meine Agentur sitzt in Kreuzberg. Ich selbst lebe in Kreuzberg.
03:05Aber ihr könnt auf jeden Fall gleich richtig tanzen, gute Laune haben.
03:09Sie treffen nämlich unseren Geldbeutel, sie treffen unsere Gesundheitsversorgung und sie treffen uns.
03:15Und dewegen sind wir heute hier.
03:18Denn es ist Zeit, dass sich etwas dreht.
03:21Berlin ist vielfältig. Wir stehen zusammen und das ändert sich erstmal nicht.
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