Plauen (dpa/sn) – More than 1000 people demonstrated on Sunday in Plauen (Vogtlandkreis) against German politics in the energy crisis. The “Forum for Democracy and Freedom” called for the rally and registered 5,000 participants. At the beginning of the meeting there were about 1,200, said a police spokesman on request. However, the number could still increase because an elevator through the city center is planned after the rally.
The federal government in particular was criticized during the demonstration. On posters, participants demanded, among other things, “The traffic light has to go”. According to a dpa reporter, Russian flags were occasionally waved. The AfD and the Free Saxony party, which is assigned to the right-wing extremist spectrum, had set up a stand on the sidelines of the meeting.
The forum had already twice called for demonstrations in Plauen in September. At that time between 4000 and 5000 people came. Plauen’s Lord Mayor Steffen Zenner (CDU) had previously expressed understanding for demonstrating citizens. In his opinion, however, the “Forum for Democracy and Freedom” is not “based on our basic understanding of democracy”.
