The Union's chancellor candidate campaigned for the federal election with Boris Rhein
In the final stretch of the federal election campaign, the CDU/CSU's candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, appeared at the Darmstadtium in Darmstadt on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Together with Hesse's Minister-President Boris Rhein, he campaigned for his candidacy and the vote for the CDU/CSU.
Protests against the Union's migration policy
The appearance was not only met with approval in conservative circles. In the run-up to the event, the "Darmstadt Alliance Against the Right" by the CDU resolution on immigration policy, which was supported.
Under the motto "Payment cards, border controls, isolation: Stop the racist migration policy," participants protested against the CDU/CSU's migration policy. convention center also spoke out Activists, demanding the repeal of Section 218 of the German). The protest was prompted by the debate surrounding abortion, following the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's criticism in November of a proposed law that would legalize abortions up to the twelfth week of pregnancywas particularly critical of Parliamentary group leader Merz in this context Chancellor Scholz.
The situation in Darmstadt's city center remained calm during the event. Around 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the Darmstadtium. The police secured the area extensively.
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Protest against the abolition of Section 218. Photo: AG
