Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest what they see as a taboo violation in post -war German politics.
The protests came after some parties voted with the far -right party, an alternative to Germany (AFD) because of the non -binding resolution of immigration last week.
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz, who was welcomed to be the next chancellor in Germany, tried to rely on support from AFD twice last week, including a bill aimed at limiting immigration.
This move caused anger among many, with the organizers of the demonstration saying that people turned out to condemn what they saw as a violation of the country's agreement not to work with the final right at national level.
The demonstrations came three weeks before the national elections and follow similar protests in Germany on Saturday.
Police estimate that about 160,000 people went out to protest on Sunday. The rally began right in front of Bundestag, the German Parliament building and moved to the CDU headquarters.
Protester Anna Schwartz, 34 years old, told AFP that he was joining a political rally for the first because “we can no longer prevent our eyes.”
“(We want to) to make as much noise as possible to call on the self-listed” democratic “parties to protect this democracy,” she said.
CDU is a leader in the ballot box before the SNAP election this month. The AFD is currently ranked second, although Mertz has ruled out any type of coalition with them.
On Wednesday, a non -ovaling proposal for changes to the immigration law was acquired through the German Parliament.
Two days later, a bill aimed at reducing the number of immigration, and family gathering rights was rejected by the German parliament by 350 votes to 338. The bill was represented by CDU and supported by the extreme right.
The strategy was widely condemned, including by Mertz's predecessor as the leader of the CDU and former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who accused him of turning his back on a previous bet not to work with AFD in the Bundestag.
Mertz defended his actions as “necessary” and stated that he did not seek the support of the party.
“The right solution is not wrong, just because the wrong people agree to it,” he said last week.