Police officers in Germany. File photoBERLIN, Oct 22 Rallies against the backdrop of the energy crisis took place in several German cities on Saturday, with a total of about 20,000 registered participants, according to German news portal rbb24. called on the Solidarischer Herbst alliance. The rallies were also organized by associations of trade unions, social and environmental organizations, including Verdi, BUND, Greenpeace and Paritätische Gesamtverband. Against the backdrop of rising energy prices, the protesters demanded, among other things, targeted benefits for people with low incomes, freezing housing rents, introducing a tax on wealth and expanding the use of renewable energy sources to become independent of coal and gas. The rally was held in Berlin, also calls take to the streets sounded in Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hannover and Stuttgart. A total of more than 20,000 participants in these actions were registered across the country. In Berlin, according to police, about 1,800 demonstrators gathered, they marched through the government quarter, the protesters held posters in their hands demanding greater social justice against the background of the energy crisis. It is specified that the situation was calm.
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