Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest what they see as a breach of a taboo in post-war German politics.The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party,

Approximately 160,000 protesters assembled at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, adjacent to the Bundestag, as reported by Berlin police. Many carried banners with slogans such as “We are the firewall, no cooperation with the AfD” and “Merz, go home, shame on you!”.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators converged on Berlin on Sunday to protest against against Germany's conservatives' norm-shattering overtures toward the far right. He "wants to cut through" the norm of not working with "right-wing extremists in one fell swoop",