Hundreds of demonstrators waving German and Alternative for Germany (AfD) flags marched through central Munich on Saturday, demanding the resignation of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and calling for an immediate end to increased military spending. Carrying banners reading "Merz Must Go!" and "Never Again War With Russia," protesters criticized the federal government’s fiscal priorities and support for Ukraine amid rising cost of living pressures and public spending cuts. The demonstration comes as political tensions heighten ahead of key regional state elections, with recent polling showing the right-wing AfD leading in Saxony-Anhalt ahead of Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as the Chancellor faces mounting public opposition over economic stagnation.
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