germany to ukraine, and call on the germany to ukraine, and call on the german government to push for peace negotiations. lots of different people coming now, i think you can still see the thousands marching up through the heart of the city centre, here. the demonstration has been organised by the people who are behind an online petition. they are calling, as i say, to the stop to weapon deliveries and the push for peace negotiations. that online petition has gathered some 600,000 signatures already. that being said, this does not represent majority thinking in germany. if you look at opinion polls, you will find that a majority of the public is still behind the current government strategy, believing it to be proportionate. what we are seeing here is a bit of a rift, i think, in german society. this war, this year, has brought profound change to this country. a year ago, it would have been unthinkable for germany to be sending weapons into an active war
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