Overview

• Nearly 100 participants joined a Unteilbar Spremberg-led counter-demonstration against about 50 Dritter Weg activists at a central intersection in Spremberg.
• Mayor Christine Herntier attended the counter-protest to denounce the far-right gathering as an attack on the city’s democratic values.
• Police maintained separation of the rival groups, reported no physical clashes and launched an investigation into an alleged Hitler salute by a bystander.
• Counter-organizers said the protest responded directly to the mayor’s mid-July warning about a rise in right-wing extremist activity.
• Brandenburg authorities have ramped up regional security with proposals for CCTV, increased Verfassungsschutz oversight and bolstered school outreach and social work programs.