{"id":114716,"date":"2020-11-18T18:51:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/german-police-clash-with-protesters-angry-at-merkels-coronavirus-plans\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T18:51:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:51:34","slug":"german-police-clash-with-protesters-angry-at-merkels-coronavirus-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/german-police-clash-with-protesters-angry-at-merkels-coronavirus-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"#German police clash with protesters angry at Merkel’s coronavirus plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#German police clash with protesters angry at Merkel’s coronavirus plans<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n BERLIN \u2013 German police unleashed water cannon on Wednesday in an effort to scatter thousands of protesters angry over plans to empower Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s government to enforce restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Protesters near Berlin\u2019s landmark Brandenburg Gate threw bottles at police and set off smoke bombs, witnesses reported. Riot police detained some protesters while firing volleys of water and urging crowds by loudspeaker to disperse.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators were fuming about legislation due to be passed by parliament that could allow the federal government to impose curbs on social<\/a> contact, rules on mask-wearing, drinking alcohol in public, shutting shops and stopping sports events.<\/p>\n

Although most Germans accept the latest \u201clockdown light\u201d to tackle a second wave of the coronavirus, critics say the law gives the national government too much power and endangers citizens\u2019 civil rights without the app<\/a>roval of parliament.<\/p>\n

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Police\u00a0officers\u00a0detain\u00a0a\u00a0demonstrator\u00a0as other protester standing behind holds a placard reading \u201cthe basic law is dead\u201d.<\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Until now, only a few measures have been mandatory and most have been only enforceable at a state or local level. In addition, several restrictions have been overturned by courts.<\/p>\n

Protesters were neither keeping the required social distance nor wearing face masks. Some held banners with slogans such as \u201cFor Enlightenment. Peace and Freedom\u201d and \u201cStop the corona pandemic lie\u201d. Many people were waving the German flag.<\/p>\n

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has even compared the move to enhance the powers of Merkel\u2019s government with the 1933 Enabling Act that paved the way to Hitler\u2019s Nazi dictatorship.<\/p>\n

German media reported that far-right radicals were among the protesters who had earlier gathered peacefully, banging saucepans and blowing whistles.<\/p>\n

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Police were keen to avoid a repeat of an incident in August when, during mass marches against coronavirus curbs, protesters stormed the steps of the Reichstag parliament building, some of them waving the far-right Reichsflagge flag.<\/p>\n

The images went around the world and were condemned by leading German politicians.<\/p>\n

Germany, Europe\u2019s largest economy, was widely praised for keeping infection and death rates below those of many of its neighbors in the first phase of the crisis. But is now in the throes of a second wave, like much of the rest of Europe.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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