2024 German anti-extremism protests

2024 German anti-right-wing extremism protests
Protests in Stuttgart, 20 January 2024
Date13 January 2024 (2024-01-13) – present
(9 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Germany
Caused by2023 Potsdam far-right meeting
Goals
MethodsPolitical demonstration,
nonviolent resistance
StatusOngoing

Since mid-January 2024, widespread protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have been taking place in Germany, after a report by investigative journalist group Correctiv revealed the presence of in-office party members at the meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023, centered on "remigration" proposals to organize mass deportations of foreign-born Germans, including those with German citizenship. Protesters have "sought", as declared by the organizers, to defend the German democracy from the AfD, with many protesters calling for the party to be investigated by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or banned altogether.