Because of the AfD: Spontaneous protest march by the SPD faction - Pistorius sings the national anthem

After the election of the first AfD state parliament president, the SPD parliamentary group spontaneously gathered for a protest march in the middle of Berlin. The members of the Bundestag walked together through the Brandenburg Gate to Bebelplatz, the site of the book burning after the National Socialists came to power in 1933. Several parliamentarians carried Basic Law books in their hands. At the end, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius sang the national anthem after a passionate speech.

“This is not a normal day,” said parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch. The SPD feels the duty to show its colors when democracy is under pressure. For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, right-wing extremists were elected to a state parliament presidency. "This should alarm us all."

The AfD politician Tobias Rausch received four more votes in a secret vote in Magdeburg than the AfD and BSW have in the state parliament combined. Pistorius criticized this sharply. “This is the day of anger, this is the day of disappointment that Democrats have apparently learned nothing from history and are letting history repeat itself,” he shouted. “Whoever allowed this to happen has violated the democracy of our great country.”