Overview

• Police reported the event remained peaceful as several hundred people marched for tolerance and diversity across the border.
• Organizer Ira Helten said there were multiple verbal attacks on the Stadtbrücke connecting the two cities.
• The demonstration carried the motto "Borders divide - prides unite" and advocated rights for LGBTQ+ communities.
• No counter-protest was registered in Frankfurt (Oder), while organizers noted a Bürgerwehr presence on the Polish side without clashes.
• A joint podium featured representatives from both municipalities, including Frankfurt’s mayor Claus Junghanns, against a backdrop of recent counter-protests and a June assault elsewhere in Brandenburg.