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On May 1st there will be demonstrations all over Germany. In Zwickau left meet right demonstrators. The news ticker.

+++ 8.55 p.m.: The May Day demonstration in Frankfurt broke up without further incident. In Zwickau, on the other hand, there was apparently a violent confrontation between right-wing and left-wing demonstrators. Four people from the right spectrum are said to have been injured, one of them seriously. Strikers are said to have been used in the attack. The attackers managed to escape. A helicopter is used to search for them.

+++ 8 p.m.: The police at the May 1st demonstration in Frankfurt repeatedly threatened the demonstrators with “police measures” if pyrotechnics and firecrackers continued to be ignited. The demonstration train is allowed to move on first.

+++ 7.25 p.m.: More and more pyrotechnics are ignited at the demonstration in Frankfurt. Firecrackers can also be heard. The mood heats up. The police are in action with a large contingent.

May 1: Incidents at Antifa demonstration in Frankfurt

+++ 7.15 p.m.: The demonstration of the left-wing alliance “Revolutionary May Day” has begun in Frankfurt. Around 1000 people are currently taking part in the train. Already at the beginning there are first incidents. The demonstrators ignite pyrotechnics on Berliner Strasse, the police drive up with a water cannon and make an announcement demanding that the torches be extinguished.

May Day demonstration: riots in Dortmund

The alliance “Revolutionary May Day” demonstrates in Frankfurt. © Sergen Kaya

+++ 5.25 p.m.: There are also demonstrations in Dortmund, but less peacefully. The police used pepper spray and batons against demonstrators from the autonomous scene. According to a police spokeswoman, the participants attacked police officers and tried to break through a barrier. A spokeswoman for “Autonomous Antifa 170”, on the other hand, complained about police violence. Several participants were injured. According to the police spokeswoman, there is no information about injuries so far.

May 1 demo: Rallies in Berlin and Hamburg

+++ 4.41 p.m.: There will also be demonstrations in Hamburg on May 1st. According to the police, 2,000 demonstrators marched through Hafencity under the motto “We can no longer afford the rich”. The demonstration was accompanied by a large contingent of police. There were no incidents.

+++ 4:01 p.m.: In the night of May Day, the Berlin police reported the first riots. According to information from the dpa, paint bags are said to have been thrown and windows smashed at a demonstration in the Prenzlauer Berg district. Police forces are also said to have been attacked. A few demonstrators were arrested.

May 1st demo: Franziska Giffey is thrown at a DGB rally with eggs

+++ 3.25 p.m.: At the main rally of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) at the Brandenburg Gate, the governing mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) also stood at the lectern. Similar to Chancellor Scholz in Düsseldorf, Giffey’s appearance was accompanied by boos and whistles. During the speech, an egg flew in the direction of the mayor, but was repelled by a security guard with an umbrella. As a result, Giffey’s speech was cut short.

The Berlin police are due to numerous May demonstrations on Sunday before a large-scale operation. The police want to be particularly vigilant during the “Revolutionary May Day Demonstration”. Around 5,500 officers are said to be on duty on Sunday.

May 1: Chancellor Scholz booed and insulted at the May rally

+++ 3.10 p.m.: At the May rally in Düsseldorf, Chancellor Olaf Scholz was greeted by loud noise, shouts of protest and whistles. In his speech, he defended German arms deliveries to Ukraine. Scholz was accompanied by chants that described him as a “warmonger” and “liar”. Scholz called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine immediately. Germany will continue to support Ukraine against the “imperialist attack”. “We will not allow borders to be moved by force,” said the Chancellor. Weapons deliveries are also necessary for this.

+++ 1 p.m.: The Sunday morning of May 1st has been quiet in Berlin so far. According to the Berlin police, no incidents have been registered so far. A large bicycle demonstration with up to 10,000 participants had been registered for the early morning in Grunewald. In Berlin-Mitte at the Brandenburg Gate, the German Federation of Trade Unions had organized a central rally on Labor Day.

“Revolutionary May Day demonstration”: Antifa calls for a demo in Frankfurt and Berlin

Update from Sunday, May 01, 2022, 10:34 a.m.: The Berlin police are expecting up to 20,000 participants at the traditional “Revolutionary May Day Demonstration”. The demonstration takes place under the motto “Yallah class struggle – No war but class war” and moves through the districts of Kreuzberg and Neukölln. The authorities expect violence from left-wing extremists. A demonstration under the motto “Revolutionary May Day Demonstration” is also to take place in Frankfurt.

May Day in Germany: Where are there demonstrations?

+++ 5.45 p.m.: On May Day there will be protests in many larger cities such as Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg. In Berlin, however, in a different way than the organizers had hoped. A police spokesman informed rbb of the route change.

List of demonstrations announced for May 1, 2022:

  • Nuremberg: 11.30 a.m. at Bauerngasse
  • Berlin: 10 a.m. at Alexanderplatz and 4.30 p.m. at Hertzbergplatz
  • Bremen: 1 p.m. at the main train station
  • Dortmund: 4 p.m. at the Weser Park
  • Frankfurt am Main: 10.30 a.m. Hauptwache and 6 p.m. at Willy-Brandt-Platz
  • Hamburg: 11 a.m. at Heussweg and 4 p.m. at Berliner Tor
  • Cologne: 12 p.m. at Hans-Böckler-Platz and 5 p.m. at Wiener Platz
  • Leipzig: 3 p.m. at Südplatz and Augustusplatz

Update from Saturday, April 30, 11:30 a.m.: Numerous demonstrations in German cities have been registered for May Day, especially in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. The police have already announced a tough approach to the protests in the capital. Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) told the RBB that officials would “intervene massively” in the event of violence. In Berlin alone, up to 6,000 police officers are said to be on duty. According to Spranger, they were required to use a de-escalating “strategy of the outstretched hand”. “The police will react to the situation as necessary,” she also told the taz.

First report from Friday, April 29, 12:00 p.m.: Frankfurt/Berlin – Price increases for employees and concerns about the economy and jobs: the consequences of the Ukraine war will also have a say in the May rallies of the trade unions.

Especially for people with small and middle incomes, the increased energy prices meant an enormous burden that had to be cushioned further, said the Hessian DGB district chairman Michael Rudolph of the German Press Agency. “We have to talk about reducing the electricity tax, but also temporarily reducing the value added tax on energy.” The risks for the economy and the labor market also need to be mitigated. The first companies reduced their production. “It is important that measures such as easier access to short-time work are extended.”

1 May: A special day for the unions

On Sunday, the trade unions will take to the streets in nationwide rallies for “a just and social future”, as the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) announced. For former Verdi boss Frank Bsirske, it is a special day at work. “It’s the first May 1 in decades that I don’t speak myself,” said the 70-year-old, who in September for the greens was elected to the Bundestag. In his constituency in Wolfsburg, he will listen to the designated future DGB chairman Yasmin Fahimi, who has been announced at the DGB rally there.

Labor Day on May 1st: demonstrations not digital this time

After the mostly digital events in the past two years, this time numerous people want to take to the streets for a fair working world. According to the DGB, 33 rallies are planned in Hesse alone under the motto “GeMAInsam Shaping the Future”. On the Römerberg in Frankfurt Deputy DGB national chair Elke Hannack will be the keynote speaker.

In the forthcoming collective bargaining rounds, the burdens on consumers must be through inflation considered by the trade unions to be taken into account. The aim is to maintain purchasing power. Most recently, the German economy had its crisis resilience during the corona-crisis proved that it survived much better than even optimists would have expected. In the current situation, a gas supply stop would have drastic consequences for the economy, the labor market and consumers, said DGB district chairman Michael Rudolph of the dpa. It is therefore also important to push ahead with the energy transition and the socio-ecological restructuring of the economy.

May 1: Unions against expansion of mini-jobs

On May 1st, it should also be about the DGB requirements for the world of work. The trade union federation is particularly critical of the planned increase in the mini-job limit from 450 to 520 euros. This would expand mini-jobs – a “big mistake”. Especially people in precarious employment relationships were the first to lose their jobs during the crisis. Such employment relationships must therefore be abolished.

background

May 1st is known as Labor Day, Labor Day, International Day of Struggle of the Working Class or May Day. It is a public holiday in Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, parts of Switzerland and many other countries.

This year May 1st falls on a Sunday.

With a view to the refugees from the Ukraine Rudolph called for solidarity. Above all, people need safe accommodation and the opportunity to rest. “If they want it, then it goes without saying that we will give them unbureaucratic and quick access to the labor market,” explained the trade unionist. There should be no two-class society of migrants from Ukraine and from other countries of origin. (skr/dpa)

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