Germany: over 30 thousand. G7 opponents demonstrates in Munich – Onet.pl

 
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  More than 30 thousand. wyszłodziś people on the streets of Munich
 
 
 

demonstration under the slogan “Stop TTIP – save the climate – fight poverty “organized by a broad alliance of political parties and NGOs who fear the negative effects of free trade agreements the EU and the USA (TTIP). The protest was attended by representatives of the Green Party – deputy head of the Bundestag Claudia Roth and Juergen Trittin, as well as MPs of the Left.

According to police in demonstration he participates 34 thousand. people.

Participants in the protest carrying banners with slogans “Yes we can – stop TTIP” and “Every child who dies of hunger, has been murdered “; They are calling also for blocking Elmau, where on Sunday will begin a two-day G7 meeting. Order in the capital Munich guarded by 3 thousand. cops.

The leaders of the seven most developed countries – the US, Germany, France, Britain, Canada, Italy and Japan – will meet on 7 and 8 June in Elmau Castle in Bavaria. Germany lead the G7 this year.

One of the organizers of the demonstration – the head of pacifist organizations uniting platform “Co-operation for peace, “Reiner Braun – said the goal of the protesters is the” delegitimation G7 – the self-styled structure and undemocratic “, responsible for the” policy of war and militarization “. Braun regretted that the protests against the G7 do not take part people from Central and Eastern Europe, including Polish.

G7 summit Opponents also gathered around the place of meeting leaders – Elmau. The participants of the protest camp in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, away from the castle a few kilometers, has gathered about 300 people – said the agency dpa.

G7 summit organizers are afraid of riots by radical leftists. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said that the authorities expect two to three thousand violent protesters. Three months ago to street clashes and destruction of property took place in Frankfurt on the occasion of the opening of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank.

Security Summit will be guarded by nearly 20 thousand. policemen. German authorities have introduced controls at national borders to prevent the arrival of hooligans from abroad. Venue – the former castle Elmau which is now the hotel – odgrodzono high fence. Before the start of the meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama intends to meet with residents of a nearby village.

(MWL)