Mass protests against cuts to social services in Germany

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2026-09-26

Berlin (dpa) - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany on Saturday to call for a strong welfare state and voice their opposition to planned government spending cuts. Trade unions said a total of 175,000 took part in the protests. Speaking in the western city of Essen, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) leader Yasmin Fahimi criticized plans by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government coalition in Berlin to seek refor......

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