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1,400 Protesters Confront AfD Citizen Dialogue in Moosburg

Organizers framed the protest as a defense of inclusion prompting town officials to plan a legal review of venue rules

Overview

  • The AfD-Fraktion held a citizen dialogue in Moosburg’s Stadthalle with Alice Weidel and Katrin Ebner-Steiner, and about 1,400 people organized by local groups marched past the venue on Monday to demonstrate against the party.
  • Local police set up wide security cordons around the meeting, a response that disrupted two schools and restricted movement for many residents near the Feyerabendhaus.
  • Members of the city council sharply criticized the event and the mayor’s public silence, with CSU councillor Rudolf Heinz saying the AfD knowingly provoked the disruption that affected school attendance.
  • Speakers at the protest, including Johannes Reicheneder of Lebenshilfe and self-advocates, framed the action as defending human dignity and long-standing inclusion policies and invoked earlier local resistance to the NPD.
  • Municipal officials said they will examine legal options to limit partisan events in residential venues but noted existing court rulings constrain the town’s ability to block such bookings, a review that could change how future visits are scheduled and policed.