capital began when they have to rally got underway in poland central train station demonstrators then made their way to the brandenburg gate where they were greeted by thousands of counter-demonstrators all of them determined to mark the progress of the. heavy police presence kept the two sides apart. ok let's get the latest from our correspondents on the ground now our political correspondent thomas sparrow monitoring the fifty's demonstration ibrahim she's been keeping an eye on the counter demonstrations for starting with you thomas the rally is over i believe what was its central message today. its central message christopher was that they want a different type of germany that they're not that they do not necessarily agree with the way things have developed they do not necessarily agree with anglo merkel they do not necessarily agree with government's policies when it comes to