Thousands of people in Germany took to the streets again on Saturday to protest against the corona measures and the planned compulsory vaccination. In many places they were opposed by counter-demonstrators. It remained largely peaceful.
In Erfurt, the police used pepper spray to prevent a protest march against the Corona policy from marching towards the state parliament, as the situation center announced. In Stuttgart, demonstrators protested in front of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) building against media reporting on the corona pandemic.
In Düsseldorf, according to police estimates, more than 7,500 opponents of the Corona policy moved through the city center on Saturday, according to the police in Freiburg there were around 5,500 who met around 2,000 counter-demonstrators. Critics of the Corona measures also took to the streets elsewhere, for example in Hamburg, Schwerin, Offenbach, Chemnitz, Leipzig, Dresden, Regensburg and Ansbach. In front of the SWR building in Stuttgart, demonstrators repeatedly shouted “lying press” or “We are the people,” as an eyewitness reported. The police asked the participants to wear a mask.