Protest held as Merkel visits Chemnitz, site of violent far right demos
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(16 Nov 2018) Around 400 people took part in a protest in Chemnitz against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was visiting the eastern city. The demonstrators held banners and flags and chanted "Merkel must go". The German leader travelled to Chemnitz Friday to meet with residents, three months after the eastern city was the scene of violent, far-right protests that highlighted divisions in Germany - and the Chancellor's own party - on the issue of migration. Merkel met with the 'Niners Chemnitz' - a local basketball team - before heading to a town hall-style discussion with readers of the Chemnitz Freie Presse newspaper, at which the recent unrest was expected to be a central issue. The protests in August were triggered by the killing of a German man that authorities blamed on recent migrants. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/acd63fcef79b4f1c5216daa27afeaf8a
