{"id":1187881,"date":"2022-01-04T16:34:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187881"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:34:40","slug":"rally-against-lockdowns-sees-100000-germans-protest-ruling-party-demands-clampdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rally-against-lockdowns-sees-100000-germans-protest-ruling-party-demands-clampdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally Against Lockdowns Sees 100,000 Germans Protest, Ruling Party Demands Clampdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frally-against-lockdowns-sees-100000-germans-protest-ruling-party-demands-clampdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1359711031-e1641301771961-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">More than 100,000 took to the streets in Germany on Monday night to protest the nation\u2019s lockdown rules, as eastern members of the ruling Free Democratic Party demand a clampdown.<\/p>\n<p>A number of protests have taken place in Germany, with estimates putting the number of anti-lockdown protesters attending events at over 100,000 in total nationwide. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berliner-zeitung.de\/news\/corona-proteste-mehr-als-100000-menschen-auf-der-strasse-li.203991\">reports<\/a>, 50,000 turned out in Baden-Wurtemburg, \u201ctens of thousands\u201d in Saxony, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/proteste-corona-105.html\">17,000 in Thuringia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While a number of protests took place in the country with the permission of relative authorities, others went ahead despite non-compliance, with thousands attending so-called \u201cunannounced\u201d rallies despite being threatened with fines by police. Monday night \u2018strolls\u2019 have a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monday_demonstrations_in_East_Germany\">history in Germany<\/a> reaching back to the Communist era where protesting could be a dangerous occupation but simply going for an evening stroll after work on a Monday gave a level of plausible deniability.<\/p>\n<p>While protests in a number of regions last night remained relatively peaceful, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berliner-zeitung.de\/news\/corona-proteste-35000-menschen-auf-der-strasse-li.203991\">report<\/a> by <em>Berliner Zeitung<\/em>, others did experience some levels of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services in Lichtenstein, Saxony, were attacked, resulting in 14 injuries. One officer reported being bitten.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, rioters in Saxony-Anhalt threw bottles and pyrotechnics at officials, though the police have reported that no officers were injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1940s Calling: German Politicians Propose National Vaccine Registry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QsdbyTjKXQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/QsdbyTjKXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1472540969555742726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>East German members of the ruling Free Democratic Party (FDP) have expressed a desire for security authorities to clamp down on violent protesters.<\/p>\n<p>A strategy paper by the group\u2019s eastern head, Hagen Reinhold, has called for better coordination between security authorities in dealing with internet bubbles and chats that he claims are used to mobilise people, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/politik\/deutschland\/corona-proteste-ost-fdp-will-verfassungsschutz-schlagkraeftiger-machen-a-c08291c4-e368-497e-98dc-19e6c1b38079\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>Der Spiegel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state offices for the protection of the constitution must create their own unit for better networking, faster exchange and a specialized police force that can act at short notice,\u201d the paper reads.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Reinhold calls out Telegram in particular as a potential source of problems, the encrypted messaging service having already drawn much institutional ire in Germany over recent months.<\/p>\n<p>German authorities have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/06\/14\/germany-seeks-to-fine-operators-of-telegram-messenger-app\">launched<\/a> legal proceedings against the app last month over claims&nbsp;that it did not abide by laws requiring social media to police the actions of users on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould Telegram fail to react to the European and German legal situation, our security policy will increasingly begin in the chat groups in the future,\u201d wrote the FDP politician in the paper.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">German Retail Trade \u2018Dramatically Bad\u2019 Because of COVID Pass Rules <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upgjzi3fkg\">https:\/\/t.co\/upgjzi3fkg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1475817559953870850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Germany has imposed a number of restrictions on unvaccinated individuals, implementing so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/28\/german-retail-trade-dramatically-bad-because-of-covid-pass-rules\/\">2G rules<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/merkel-announces-restrictions-on-unvaccinated-vote-on-making-jabs-compulsory\/\">barring<\/a> the unjabbed from&nbsp;events, leisure facilities, and all non-essential retail.<\/p>\n<p>The country is also looking at the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/merkel-announces-restrictions-on-unvaccinated-vote-on-making-jabs-compulsory\/\">mandatory vaccination<\/a>, a measure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/15\/germanys-scholz-calls-himself-chancellor-of-the-unvaccinated-despite-mandatory-vax-support\/\">supported<\/a> by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/majority-of-germans-support-authoritarian-forced-vax-mandate-poll-finds\/\">majority<\/a> of Germans according to a poll taken last November.<\/p>\n<p>Despite support within the country for restrictive measures however, they have had a negative effect on sectors of the economy, with one industry group describing retail trade as being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/28\/german-retail-trade-dramatically-bad-because-of-covid-pass-rules\/\">dramatically bad<\/a>\u201d over the country\u2019s COVID pass rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had some catching up to do with the spring lockdown months by November, but the positive trend was stopped abruptly by the introduction of the 2G rules,\u201d said&nbsp;Stefan Genth, managing director of the German Trade Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s 2G regime has also faced legal problems in some areas, with a court in Lower Saxony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/28\/german-retail-trade-dramatically-bad-because-of-covid-pass-rules\/\">suspending<\/a> the rule for being ultimately not compatible with the general principle of equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100,000 took to the streets in Germany on Monday night to 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