Overview

• In Frankfurt’s Grüneburgpark, the System Change Camp remains authorized as an assembly through 26 August with roughly 1,000 participants and up to 1,500 expected.
• City authorities fenced parts of the park and initially closed nearby playgrounds, then partially lifted the closures after complaints.
• FDP and CDU politicians criticized the gathering over alleged extremism and antisemitism, while organizers reject the claims and point to a program of more than 300 workshops and communal infrastructure.
• Police intervened to de-escalate after posters of Israeli hostages put up by visitors were removed inside the camp, averting a scuffle.
• In Berlin, police revoked the assembly status of the pro-Palestinian camp near the Kanzleramt and the district ordered it cleared, with residents dismantling the site under police observation after earlier clashes that prompted 183 criminal complaints and 188 brief detentions.