Overview

• Activists from Zentrum für Politische Schönheit used a bus named “Adenauer SRP+” with powerful speakers to blast noise across the Spree during the live interview with AfD co-leader Alice Weidel
• Berlin police ended the unauthorized demonstration after roughly 30 minutes, launched two administrative offense proceedings against a 64-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man, and made no arrests
• Weidel and ARD moderator Markus Preiß both said the noise was so intense that she could barely hear questions and the exchange became largely unintelligible
• An ARD spokeswoman told dpa the broadcaster will draw lessons from the incident and consult with parliamentary and city police on additional measures to safeguard outdoor broadcasts
• Responses remain divided as AfD deputy Markus Frohnmaier demands a studio redo while the German Journalists’ Association argues a repeat would unfairly elevate the AfD