The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), over a non-binding resolution on immigration last week.

Approximately 160,000 protesters assembled at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, adjacent to the Bundestag, as reported by Berlin police. Many carried banners with slogans such as “We are the firewall, no cooperation with the AfD” and “Merz, go home, shame on you!”.

At least 160,000 thousand demonstrators converged on Berlin Sunday, said police, to protest the norm-shattering overtures by Germany's conservatives' toward the far right.