On Saturday, several thousand demonstrators from Germany’s Lateral Thinking movement, which protested against emergency measures and vaccination rules during the corona pandemic, marched through Berlin.
Some participants waved banners demanding a “review” of government measures imposed to control the spread of the virus and the “consequences for those responsible”.
Protesters marched through the center of the German capital and planned to gather at the Tiergarten park on Saturday afternoon.
A police spokesman said the start of the demonstration was peaceful, with a crowd of several thousand. A total of 500 police officers were deployed to monitor the demonstration, as well as several planned counter-demonstrations.
The Lateral Thinking, or Querdenken, movement emerged throughout Germany during the coronavirus pandemic. Supporters repeatedly demonstrated against measures to contain the virus.
In August 2020, an estimated 20,000 people took part in a demonstration against the corona measures in Berlin. According to the organizers, however, the actual crowd was much larger.
