Altenburg (dpa/th) – According to the police, around 20,500 people took to the streets in Thuringia on Monday to demonstrate against the rising prices in the wake of the energy crisis and the government’s corona policy. A total of 42 meetings took place across the country – only 18 of the events were registered. According to the police, most people came together in Altenburg and Pößneck, each with 3,000 participants. The demonstrations remained largely undisturbed.
In the past week, the police reported about 22,000 demonstrators in the Free State. The protests have recently become particularly popular in East Germany. According to police estimates, more than 100,000 people demonstrated on German Unity Day about two weeks ago at dozens of rallies in Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
