Protests: Summer interview with Alice Weidel almost drowned out by demonstration noise

Alice Weidel at the ARD summer interview

The ARD "summer interview" with AfD leader Alice Weidel was almost drowned out by the noise of a counter-demonstration. The open-air discussion in the government district on the Spree River was accompanied by protests from the other side of the Spree, including whistles, horns, and loud music with anti-AfD slogans. A smaller group of demonstrators and a large bus were visible on the other side of the Spree.

Weidel had to lean forward at times to understand the questions of moderator Markus Preiß. Preiß then spoke in the L