Young people took demands for stronger public services and a say in decisions about their future to streets across Germany on Saturday, Oct. 31, while sign-up totals did not establish actual turnout.
Gen Z regelt’s position paper called for more investment in education, social security, health care and climate protection, along with measures to make living costs affordable. It opposed conscription and said young people should have influence over decisions affecting their future.
The Associated Press reported that marches in German cities had drawn several thousand people by Saturday afternoon. Organizers told AP that more than 180,000 people had registered online, a sign-up count rather than an attendance tally. DW reported demonstrations in 34 cities and said a nationwide turnout figure was unavailable.
In Stuttgart, ZDF reported repeated police halts after some demonstrators wore face coverings, used pyrotechnics or left the agreed route. ZDF and DW reported that police halted the Cologne march following reports of face coverings and pyrotechnics.
EconoTimes previously covered the initiative’s call for Oct. 31 protests in 21 German cities.
