Demos against Corona requirements: Angela Merkel shows understanding for demonstrators - but thanks go to others

In her weekly video message, Angela Merkel shows understanding for the demonstrations against corona requirements.

“Everyone can express their attitude”.

• In her weekly video message,

  Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)

  *

  speaks

  about Democracy Day next Tuesday.

• In the course of this, she also shows understanding for the people who

  take

  to the streets

  against

  Corona measures

  .

• She campaigns for a

  democracy

  that “cannot be taken

  for

  granted”.

Berlin - On Saturday,

against

took place

again

in

and

.

Several thousand people took to the streets to demonstrate against the

conditions imposed

because of the

.

Again and again criticism is voiced that supporters of

mingle with the demonstrators or even belong to the organizers.

This

has already led to heated debates in

.

In her weekly

,

emphasized the right to criticize the conditions as an expression of democracy and freedom of expression.

Her thanks, however, went to others.

Corona measures: Angela Merkel (CDU) thanks citizens in her video message

“We in Germany can consider ourselves lucky that

and

, the rule of law and political co-responsibility are firmly anchored in us.

That this has been the case in all of Germany since the regaining of German unity almost exactly 30 years ago is something I personally feel very lucky, ”said the

.

A look at other states shows that "unfortunately this cannot be taken for granted," she said, referring to the situation in Belarus, among other things.

In her

she thanked

"the vast majority of citizens" who supported the measures, also out of concern "for the weaker in society".

This helped "to prevent the uncontrolled spread of the pandemic".

Understanding for the anti-corona demonstrators: Angela Merkel (CDU) in her video message

What is unusual, however, is that

is also directed at the demonstrators - with an understanding attitude.

Merkel said of the demonstrations that she is aware "that some people are

struggling

with the

resulting from the

" and then added clearly: "I understand that."

And then she became very personal again: Many of the decisions for restrictions were "very difficult for her, too, the

restrictions and the restrictions on cultural life are"

"said Merkel.

"The fact that the very great majority of

and

mitträgt this," but showed "how pronounced our sense of community is," stressed

results further.

The

"have worked and remain important".

Nonetheless, “everyone is free to openly criticize these government decisions.” With a view to the

against the

, she said: “Everyone can express their position in peaceful demonstrations”.

(kat / dpa)