Rallies were held in several German cities to ban the AfD party.

In Berlin, several thousand people took part in a demonstration for the ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the same actions were held in other cities of Germany. This was reported on May 11 by the German newspaper Tagesspiegel.

"According to the Berlin police, about 4 thousand participants gathered for the central rally at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The organizers say about 7.5 thousand people <...>. About 3 thousand demonstrators gathered at the demonstration in Munich, and about 2.5 thousand people marched in Essen," the publication says.

The newspaper noted that protests took place in more than 60 German cities. At the beginning of the action, participants observed a minute of silence in memory of Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlander, who died on May 9 at the age of 103. It is also clarified that many protesters had balloons calling for the AfD party to be banned and posters with various slogans.

"There are no more excuses, we demand that the AfD be banned immediately," the newspaper quoted one of the protesters as saying.

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