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Saxon Health Minister Petra Köpping (SPD)
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A member of the state parliament of the Saxon AfD tried on Wednesday to organize a demonstration together with a party friend in front of the private house of state health minister Petra Köpping (SPD).
However, the property protection of the police prevented this, the Saxon Ministry of the Interior announced.
According to the information, AfD MP Jörg Dornau and another AfD member were involved.
The Ministry sharply condemned the action in front of the private house.
"Especially after the menacing elevators in front of the private houses of officials and elected officials, it should be clear that red lines have been crossed here," said Saxony's Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU).
"Today's attempted demonstration shows once again that the AfD does not shy away from deliberately intimidating and threatening politicians."
Deputy Prime Minister Wolfram Günther (Greens) called the attempt to intimidate Köpping at her home "absolutely unacceptable."
"In times when solidarity and consideration are more in demand than ever, this party shows what it always was at its core: destructive and destructive," criticized the Green politician.
Torch march in December
It was only in December that around 30 protesters armed with torches, whistles and drums marched in front of Köpping's private house in Grimma.
In a video circulating online, they can be heard shouting “Peace, freedom, no dictatorship”.
The march of the right-wing demonstrators was condemned by all parties as an attempt to intimidate a politician.
In a SPIEGEL interview, Köpping himself described the incident as a "cowardly threatening spectacle": "You can no longer talk to these people who have marched in front of my house.
They just want to intimidate,” she said at the time.
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's state capital, Schwerin, there was a similar attempt at intimidation at the beginning of December, when demonstrators tried unsuccessfully to get in front of Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig's (SPD) house.
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