Thousands demonstrate in Dresden against the AfD

Thousands of people also took to the streets against the AfD in Dresden. At a rally by the “Time for Action” movement, the Theaterplatz quickly filled up. Organizer Matthias Lüth expected a high four-digit number of participants. Some of the audience mingled with visitors who had come to the open day at the Semperoper. A dpa reporter on site estimated the number of participants at 3,000 to 4,000. The police did not provide any information.

Fears about the effects of the AfD election victory in Saxony-Anhalt

It is important to make people an offer right now, Lüth told the German Press Agency. The AfD speaks of remigration. “We are simply afraid that people who are already disadvantaged will be even more disadvantaged, that they will not be able to lead a good life in Saxony-Anhalt and then perhaps not in the entire Federal Republic or in Europe.” If the AfD governs, the state can no longer be relied upon.

Parties should create an opportunity to participate

In Lüth's opinion, the other parties now have to create an offer to participate. “We don’t just have people in the Bundestag or the state parliament who make politics. All the people who are here on this square do politics every day. And we just have to bring that together.” The parties have to open up in order to talk to people. “The time to act begins now.”