Düsseldorf: Around 10,000 people are expected to demonstrate against AfD and right-wing agitation

Around 10,000 people are expecting the initiators of a demonstration under the motto “Against the AfD and right-wing agitation” in Düsseldorf today (from 2 p.m.). Several alliances have called for this, including “Düsseldorf stands in the way”, the “Düsseldorf Appeal” and “Prüf NRW”.

The Düsseldorf activists want to send a common signal for an open, democratic society. “We will not allow hatred, division and right-wing extremist ideologies to gain the upper hand,” declared the “Prüf NRW” initiative, which advocates for a constitutional review of the AfD. “Düsseldorf is taking a stand” fears that a strengthening AfD will bring “more street violence from neo-Nazis and angry citizens”.

After the AfD's march through the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, a total of over 10,000 people took part in rallies against a shift to the right in Cologne and Essen.