Protestors have issued a list of demands, from early elections and lower energy costs to changes to healthcare, defense, and migration policies
Thousands of people took to the streets of Plauen in the eastern German state of Saxony on Saturday to protest Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government, demanding its resignation and snap elections.
The demonstration was organized by the nationwide Unity for Germany / Project M1llion initiative. Saxon police put attendance at around 10,000, including activists from the right-wing Free Saxons party, which backed the rally.
“This cartel, this government must go!” a speaker told the crowd, drawing applause. Footage showed demonstrators marching through the city under a heavy police presence, chanting slogans and carrying German flags and placards reading “Merz must go!”
“[Merz] has made it even worse than his predecessors. And if he keeps going like this, then Germany will soon go dark,” one protester said.
The organizers issued an 11-point list of demands, including early elections, lower electricity and gas costs, a nationwide €29 public transport ticket and changes to healthcare policy. They also called for tougher migration policies and criticized Merz’s military spending. The chancellor recently pledged to turn the Bundeswehr into the “strongest conventional army in Europe,” citing the purported Russian threat – a notion Moscow has repeatedly ridiculed. Berlin has also agreed to raise core defense spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2029.
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