Demonstrators in front of the Federal Chancellery (dpa/AP)Hundreds of peace protesters have formed a human chain outside Germany’s parliament, calling for disarmament and an end to weapons exports. About 300 people formed the chain stretching from the parliament building to German chancellor Angela Merkel’s nearby office, the dpa news agency reported. The demonstration, organised under the motto: “Peace, not armaments”, came as the German government prepares to approve its budget proposals for the next two years, which include hefty defence spending. At an unrelated demonstration elsewhere in Germany, police turned water cannon on protesters in a snowy forest between the western cities of Frankfurt and Kassel. Environmental activists have been demonstrating regularly against the planned expansion of the A49 highway.

Source: Irish Independent December 05, 2020 16:37 UTC