It is time. First, there was britains vote to leave the eu. Then a Business Savvy reality tv star was chosen as us president. What could possibly happen next . This is what many people here in europe, concerned by a growing nationalist attitude among some western leaders, are asking themselves. They, and many like them now look to germany for answers. Even the New York Times calls Angela Merkel the last defender of the free west. But there are also ordinary people, Juergen Kasek from leipzig, who courageously fights against nationalism. A monday demonstration in dresden, hundreds of followers of the rightwing populist movement pegida stage a protest, spurred by populist Donald Trumps election as us president. U. S. President. Like trump, they want to sweep the governing parties out of office and overturn the system. They chant resistance and merkel must go. Jurgen kasek is on the street with 200 counterdemonstrators in dresden this evening. They want to oppose the rightwing populists.
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