{"id":1261568,"date":"2022-02-01T13:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1261568"},"modified":"2022-02-01T13:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:23:25","slug":"tens-of-thousands-join-monday-marches-against-lockdown-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tens-of-thousands-join-monday-marches-against-lockdown-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of Thousands Join Monday Marches Against Lockdown in Germany"},"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\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1367884419-e1643714310387-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Tens of thousands once again took to the streets of Germany on Monday to protest the nation\u2019s lockdown restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Monday once again saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Germany in order to protest against the nation\u2019s lockdown measures.<\/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>People across the Federal Republic gathered for rallies and walks despite a number of local authorities issuing restrictions and even threats against such gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/news\/inland\/news-inland\/corona-demos-mehrere-verletzte-durch-tritte-und-schlaege-79003366.bild.html\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>Bild<\/em>, around 25,000 people attended demonstrations in&nbsp;Thuringia, 9,000&nbsp;Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with thousands more attending events in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>One focal point for those gathered was proposed mandatory vaccination rules being discussed for deployment in the Federal Republic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The proposed mandates have received the support of a number of politicians across the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/15\/germanys-scholz-calls-himself-chancellor-of-the-unvaccinated-despite-mandatory-vax-support\/\">including<\/a> the nation\u2019s Chancellor Olaf Scholz.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s parliament is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/german-lawmakers-to-debate-possible-covid-vaccine-mandate\/\">considering<\/a> two possible mandates, one which would force the jab for all over 50s, and another, even stricter measure which would see all over-18s mandated into getting vaccinated against the Chinese Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bild<\/em> also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/news\/inland\/news-inland\/corona-demos-mehrere-verletzte-durch-tritte-und-schlaege-79003366.bild.html\">notes<\/a> the police as saying that most demonstrations were peaceful, though clashes did erupt at some events.<\/p>\n<p>One such violent incident, which occurred in Jena, involved a counter-demonstration injuring a critic of the lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Counter-demos occurred at a number of protests against the lockdown, with&nbsp;<em>Die Zeit&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/news\/2022-02\/01\/rund-25000-bei-corona-demos-und-gegenveranstaltungen\">reporting<\/a> that the Jena counter-demo was the largest in&nbsp;Thuringia at about 200 people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dozens of Rallies Across Germany as Anti-Lockdown Protests Continue <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S3znfY7g3j\">https:\/\/t.co\/S3znfY7g3j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1481264954275680260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A lockdown protest in&nbsp;Ostfildern, which is situated in&nbsp;Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/news\/inland\/news-inland\/corona-demos-mehrere-verletzte-durch-tritte-und-schlaege-79003366.bild.html\">said<\/a> to have remained peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite tensions running high in the city \u2014 which has banned all forms of demos from taking place \u2014 over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/regional\/stuttgart\/stuttgart-aktuell\/article-61f7b3758f8b361a16c783f3-78995032.bild.html\">alleged<\/a> actions of the town\u2019s mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Christof Bolay, of the ruling SPD party, was forced to deny allegations that he had threatened anti-lockdown protesters with the use of weapons, including guns, over a document he shared online.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by&nbsp;<em>Bild<\/em>, the shared document in questions said that to&nbsp;\u201censure that the ban on assembly is observed\u201d,&nbsp;\u201cphysical violence\u201d and the \u201cuse of weapons\u201d by police was permitted, sparking accusations that the mayor was allowing officers to open fire on demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>However, the mayor has since claimed that he was being deliberately misinterpreted, that the wording of the document was in line with the law, and that the document did not mandate the use of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Ostfildern and the police have since issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ostfildern.de\/pm_allgemeinverfuegung.html\">joint statement<\/a> emphasising that protesters in the city do not have to fear being shot at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor each operation, the police take the necessary measures according to the specific legal basis applicable to the specific individual case, paying particular attention to proportionality,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of firearms to enforce a ban on assembly is excluded,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands once again took to the streets of Germany on Monday to protest the nation\u2019s lockdown restrictions. 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