In the past few weeks, tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in Kassel against social law and the cooperation between the CDU and AfD. Already in the evening after the joint coordination of the CDU, AfD and FDP gathered people for spontaneous demonstration with a clear attitude.
The last few weeks in Kassel have been shaped by rallies and demonstrations against the cooperation between the CDU and AfD and a further tightening of refugee policy. Am 18.01. Several thousand people followed a call from “Kassel against the right” For the demonstration one year after publication of the correctiv research. Was 2024 at the AfD as secret deportation- and deportation plans still led to a wave of indignation, But seems in the year 2025 to show less and less a rupture of a taboo.
Not even a month later gathered on 02.02 Already again thousands of people to the right in the Kassel inner stand. The reason this time: CDU and FDP had made a common cause with the AfD in the Bundestag and advocated the closure of all German borders and the abolition of the right on asylum application.
In terms of content, the demonstration was under the motto “Rebuild” and was characterized by calls to defend democracy against populism and the attacks by right. In terms of content, a spontaneous demonstration appeared after the debate in the Bundestag on Thursday evening.
150 People had gathered from the old market to the Dutch square to a non-adhered demonstration against the plans promised by Friedrich Merz. The demonstrating banners carried them with themselves, On which “asylum law is human right - no borders!"And" Stop right pressure!“ stand. Sayings such as “Say it loud, say it clear: Refugees are welcome here”, “Alert, Alert, Anti -fascist!” and “All together against fascism”
Not only was the cooperation with the right -wing extremist AfD, but also the legislative proposal, The so -called "influx limitation law". This should attack the fundamental right to asylum in the core and thus further tighten the limits under the legislature of the traffic lights. Although cooperation with the AfD ultimately failed in the legislative initiative, the CDU already announced an immediate program for a possible government responsibility after the Bundestag election, which also the “influx limitation law” proprieted.
The mood on the demonstration was heated up from the start, The demonstrator noticed their anger. The passers -by on the star applauded the demo train and partially got into the called demo prices. Even when a police car with pyrotechnics were shot at, the bystanders were cheered for the demonstrator.
The demonstration finally dissolved in the Dutch square. The police then searched for at least one hour in the Campus Dutcher Platz area, ASL, Nordstadtpark and Hiltplatz. However, this effort did not bring the hoped -for progress in law enforcement to the officials, So that you had to hire your search without success.
