00:01Tens of thousands of people came together in Erfurt in Germany on Saturday to protest against the far-right alternative
00:08for Germany's annual conference.
00:10Anti-fascist demonstrators blocked roads and public transport around the city in an effort to shut down the conference.
00:17The early protests were largely peaceful with some clashes reported with police and riot gear outside the meeting.
00:25The party's annual conference nevertheless began as scheduled.
00:29The AFD is set to fill key leadership positions with AFD co-leaders Tino Gruppala and Alice Weidel expected to
00:36be re-elected.
00:37The AFD is Germany's biggest opposition party nationally, but the protests demonstrate how the party has divided Germany.
00:44The meeting has drawn additional controversy as it coincides with the 100-year anniversary of a conference held nearby by
00:51the Nazi party in 1926.
00:54Many critique the timing of the overlapping events, seeing it as a deliberate provocation of the AFD, an accusation the
01:01party denies.
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