According to national authorities, around 250,000 people took to the streets across several cities in Germany, to denounce the AfD and right-wing extremists' deportation goals.
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00:00 Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany on Saturday to protest the
00:04 far-right AfD party.
00:07 The demonstrations come after a report was published on January 10th saying that party
00:11 members met with right-wing extremists to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants,
00:17 including some with German citizenship.
00:20 In Frankfurt alone, authorities said the protests drew 35,000 people.
00:24 "I expected that I wouldn't be standing here alone, but there are so many of them,
00:30 not just here, but all the way to Zeil.
00:32 It's unbelievable.
00:33 It's good to know that we are the majority."
00:38 The backlash prompted by the report, published by media outlet Correctiv, has prompted renewed
00:43 calls for Germany to consider banning the AfD.
00:47 The protests also reflect growing concerns over the party's growing popularity among
00:51 German voters after it won its very first mayoral and district council elections last
00:57 summer.
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