Thousands of people took to the streets in Berlin, Frankfurt, and other large German cites against rising energy prices and the soaring cost of living as the country faces a bitter winter amid a dwindling fuel supply.
The protest organizers “estimated the total turnout at about 24,000 — including around 6,000 in Berlin, 5,000 each in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, and 4,000 in Stuttgart, with protests also taking place in Hanover and Dresden,” German state-run DW News reported Saturday.
German state TV channel Der Tagesschau covered the nationwide demonstrations:
According to the organizers, more than 2,000 people demonstrated in Hanover. The police talk of 1500 participants. In Dresden, several hundred people initially came to the rallies. Demonstrations also took place in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. According to the campaign platform “Campact,” a total of 24,000 people took part in the protests.
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