{"id":1208593,"date":"2022-01-11T15:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208593"},"modified":"2022-01-11T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:50:44","slug":"dozens-of-rallies-across-germany-as-anti-lockdown-protests-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-rallies-across-germany-as-anti-lockdown-protests-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Rallies Across Germany as Anti-Lockdown Protests Continue"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdozens-of-rallies-across-germany-as-anti-lockdown-protests-continue%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=1208593&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-1363871107-e1641905485371-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Dozens of rallies have taken place across Germany, as tens of thousands continue to protest COVID restrictions in the federal republic.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of people took to the street again on Monday in Germany, as dozens of rallies in opposition to COVID rules took place across the federal republic.<\/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>The events followed a weekend of anti-lockdown demonstrations in the country, with thousands of people turning up to protests in Hamburg, Saarland, D\u00fcsseldorf and beyond on Saturday and Sunday to march against measures.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/regional\/muenchen\/muenchen-leute\/30-demos-in-oberbayern-tausende-protestieren-gegen-corona-massnahmen-78785804.bild.html\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>Bild<\/em>, police counted around 30 separate demonstrations taking place in Upper Bavaria alone, while&nbsp;<em>Die Zeit<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/gesellschaft\/zeitgeschehen\/2022-01\/corona-proteste-massnahmen-pandemie-politik-mecklenburg-vorpommern-thueringen\">reported<\/a> that around 15,000 people protested in&nbsp;Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania across 20 separate locations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, around&nbsp;17,300 individuals protested measures in&nbsp;Thuringia, while around 3,000 took part in an unannounced march through the city centre in Cottbus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A further one thousand also took part in a declared demonstration in <a href=\"https:\/\/ga.de\/bonn\/stadt-bonn\/bonn-erneute-proteste-gegen-corona-massnahmen-in-der-innenstadt_aid-65203711\">Bonn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings across the country were mostly peaceful, though one notable exception to this rule took place in&nbsp;Schweinfurt, where a woman was arrested after biting a police officer in the leg, with&nbsp;<em>Bild<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/regional\/muenchen\/muenchen-leute\/30-demos-in-oberbayern-tausende-protestieren-gegen-corona-massnahmen-78785804.bild.html\">reporting<\/a>&nbsp;that the officer was \u201cslightly injured\u201d by the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A number of counter-demos also took place on Monday, though <em>Bild <\/em>describes them as being&nbsp;small.<\/p>\n<p>At one counter-protest in&nbsp;Bayreuth, counter-demonstrators reportedly held aloft a banner reading \u201cCorona makes you sick. Thinking outside the box makes you stupid\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thousands Protest Lockdown in Germany as Rally Attendance Exceeds Expectations <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMVIGniROK\">https:\/\/t.co\/WMVIGniROK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1480499409725136897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Monday\u2019s protests follow a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/10\/thousands-protest-lockdown-in-germany-as-rally-attendance-exceeds-expectations\/\">demonstration-filled<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de\/saarland\/saarland-6000-teilnehmer-bei-demo-gegen-impflicht-in-saarbruecken_aid-65169839\">weekend<\/a> in Germany, as the country continues to tighten restrictions in the hopes of limiting the spread of the Chinese Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands turned up to a demonstration in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/10\/thousands-protest-lockdown-in-germany-as-rally-attendance-exceeds-expectations\/\">Hamburg<\/a> on Saturday, shortly after the city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/05\/german-city-bans-unboosted-untested-patrons-from-restaurants\/\">banned<\/a> unboosted and untested individuals from restaurants and bars under so-called \u201c2G plus\u201d rules.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoanaCotar\/status\/1480820965860950017\">announced<\/a> that unjabbed politicians will be completely banned from entering the chamber of the German parliament, while those who have been vaccinated, but not boosted, will be required to provide proof of a negative test in order to gain entry.<\/p>\n<p>Unvaccinated representatives will be permitted to attend proceedings via the visitors\u2019 stands, should they be able to provide proof of a negative test.<\/p>\n<p>However, those without such proof will be banned from taking part in proceedings entirely.<\/p>\n<p>A number of politicians have criticised the move, calling the measure an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalteKaufmann\/status\/1480791397800284164\">attack<\/a> on democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vaccination apartheid has arrived in Bundestag,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoanaCotar\/status\/1480820965860950017\">wrote<\/a> Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland MdB Joana Cotar online. \u201cNormal work, proper participation in the plenary sessions is no longer possible for those who have not been vaccinated. All of this has nothing to do with health care, it is pure harassment and branding of the unvaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of rallies have taken place across Germany, as tens of thousands continue to protest COVID restrictions in the federal republic. 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