BERLIN, Aug 1 — A Berlin protest against coronavirus restrictions drew thousands, from the hard left and right to conspiracy theorists today. Police put turnout at 15,000 — well below the 500,000 organisers had announced as they urged a “day of freedom” from months of virus curbs. “We are...
A general view shows a protest near the Brandenburg Gate against the government's restrictions amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, August 1, 2020. — Reuters pic
“We are the second wave,” shouted some as marchers headed for the Brandenburg Gate while others called for “resistance”, dubbing the pandemic “the biggest conspiracy theory”. A handful of people held a counter demonstration. Dubbing themselves “grandmothers against the extreme right”, they shouted insults against “Nazi” protesters.
Saskia Esken of the Social Democrats, a junior coalition partner in Angela Merkel’s government, blasted the demonstrators as “Covidiots”.
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