Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble appeals to the "lateral thinker" scene.
And in Berlin, despite the ban, thousands of people are moving through the city.
Berlin - Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble has sharply attacked the “lateral thinker” scene.
“If practically all experts worldwide say that Corona is dangerous and vaccination helps, then who actually has the right to say: But I am smarter?
For me that is an almost unbearable amount of arrogance, ”said Schäuble of the“ Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung ”.
The CDU politician appealed to the scene: "Please take a look at the scientific findings, do not let cheap slogans lead you behind the spruce!" Schäuble added: "Even with lateral thinkers, the emphasis should be on" thinking "and not on "cross". "
Meanwhile in Berlin, despite the ban on several demonstrations, thousands of people from the “lateral thinker” scene took to the streets.
There were several clashes between protesters and the police on Sunday.
In the meantime, water cannons went up at the Victory Column.
According to a police spokesman, around 500 people have been arrested or temporarily detained to record personal details.
Helicopters circled in different parts of the city because groups of “lateral thinkers” had spread out in the capital.
According to the police, there have been repeated attempts to break through barriers.
"Here, physical violence had to be used in individual cases," said a police spokeswoman.
In the morning several hundred people had gathered near the Olympic Square in the west of the capital.
More than 2,200 police officers were on duty.
There were also major protests at the Victory Column.
A rally of the initiative “lateral thinking 711” was originally planned on Straße des 17. Juni, for which around 22,500 participants had been registered.
The Berlin police had banned the rally and a number of other protests because they feared violations of the Corona hygiene requirements.
The police issued dismissals.
According to a spokesman, she also stopped a coach and ensured technology.
The groups had come together again and again across the city - the "aggression potential" had varied, said the police spokesman for the dpa.
Police officers were also injured - but he did not give an exact number or other details.
According to information on Twitter, the police also used irritants and batons.
People protested in various groups and demanded, for example, "End the corona dictatorship", held banners such as "No test: no pandemic" or spoke out against the denial of the corona virus.
Others used whistles, flags, drums or chants such as “Peace, Freedom, Democracy” and “We are the people”.
Some were out with heart-shaped balloons.
Sometimes protesters ran through the traffic, sometimes they were walking on footpaths.
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Participants in a demonstration against the Corona measures in Berlin.
© Fabian Sommer / dpa
"We have prepared for a very exhausting mission this entire weekend," said the police spokesman. When asked about the tactics of the police and why people had managed to assemble, he said: The police are required to act with a sense of proportion. “We cannot now arbitrarily control every person, for example at Pariser Platz.” People have also moved out of tourist hotspots and come together in their hundreds. The police dispersed them again.
The spokesman for the initiative “lateral thinking 711”, Michael Ballweg, said on Sunday that his initiative accepted the ban on the demonstration.
But freedom cannot be forbidden.
“People now stand up for their basic rights independently.
And the meetings take place anyway. ”At the same time, Ballweg criticized the ban and said that a coordinated meeting with conditions, files and de-escalation teams would have been safer.
In an internal "emergency plan", the initiative called for people to come to Berlin even in the event of a ban.
Exactly a year ago there was a major demonstration against the Corona measures in Berlin on August 1st.
dpa
