Experts suspect that there will be strong protests from left and right against the federal government in autumn and winter because of high prices. But that doesn't mean that both camps appear together. That's what the Free Saxons are trying to achieve in Leipzig, left-wing politicians won't put up with it.
In addition to the party Die Linke, the right-wing extremist splinter party Freie Sachsen also wants to demonstrate against the federal government in Leipzig on Monday evening. The city's regulatory office confirmed this on request. A total of seven rallies from the right and left have been registered for Monday. The police are preparing for a larger operation, as a spokesman said. The left-wing politician Sören Pellmann filed a criminal complaint against the Free Saxons because of their demo call.
Pellmann, the left-wing faction's representative for Eastern Europe, had announced a rally on Monday evening under the slogan "Hot autumn against social indifference". Official title: "Prices down - energy and food must be affordable!" Left-wing leader Martin Schirdewan and former parliamentary group leader Gregor Gysi are to appear there, among others. 3000 to 4000 participants are expected. At the same place, the central Augustusplatz, and at the same time, the event "Free Saxons support the Monday protest by Sören Pellmann and the left - together against those above" is registered. The Free Saxons distributed a graphic on social media that suggested that right-wing activists were appearing together with Pellmann and Gysi.
Pellmann and Die Linke defend themselves against this. Pellmann confirmed a report by T-Online that he had filed a complaint against the Free Saxons for mentioning his name. Gysi also hired a law firm. Pellmann said: "The panic must be great on the right if they want to crawl under the skirts of the left. Leipzig will not leave Monday to the right." Democratic resistance is needed against high energy prices and "the simultaneous arrogance of traffic lights". Gysi told the editorial network Germany: "In addition, I will say something to the right, namely that our society must not tolerate all right-wing nonsense."
The district association of the right-wing AfD has also registered an action for Monday, but on the outskirts. There are also other left-wing groups with their own demos at the start. The Leipzig Greens criticized Pellmann for using the term "Monday Demo" - this has a symbolic meaning from the time of the peaceful revolution in the GDR in 1989, which was directed against the SED and thus against a precursor party of the left. Pellmann and the left are oblivious to history and accept "that right-wing appropriations of the Monday demonstrations in the middle of the city can become socially acceptable".
