Far-legal protesters achieve not have things their own way as counter marches emergeA week after violent clashes that shook Germany and echoed round the world,demonstrators took to the streets of Chemnitz again on Saturday, for the latest round of a high-profile, and high-stakes battle over the soul and future of their country.
Thousands of people,arms linked and chanting, marched down a street where a week ago far-legal demonstrators performed Nazi salutes, and shouted “foreigners out” and chased people they suspected of being refugees down the streets. There were fears of more violence this weekend,after the same far-legal groups called a moment demonstration. But a substantial group on the Chemnitz boulevard yesterday came not to attack diversity, but to celebrate it. Related: Germany’s politicians are now enabling the far legal | Doris Akrap Related: Merkel condemns xenophobic riots after killing of German man Related: awe in Chemnitz: 'I’m used to neo-Nazis, or but not my neighbour mixing with them in broad daylight' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com