Opponents of the Corona measures gathered in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate on Saturday. According to the police, around 60 people gathered late at noon on March 18 square to kick off the event, which had the motto “Restricted Restoration of All Basic Rights” as the motto, and more were expected.
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According to a dpa reporter, about the same number had come to the site for counter-protests. These included, for example, members of the initiative “Grandmas against the Right”, which campaigns against anti-Semitism, racism, misogyny and fascism.
According to the police, more than 200 emergency services were on site. According to their information, the organizers of the protest against the Corona measures had spoken of 10,000 participants in advance. The route should lead, among other things, over Friedrichstrasse and Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse and back to the Brandenburg Gate.