Thousands of people demonstrated in eastern Germany against the high prices and against Russia and energy policies. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, according to the first counts, a total of more than 11,000 demonstrators came together in about 20 places on Monday, including around 4,500 people in Schwerin, as a police spokesman said in the evening.

According to preliminary information from the police situation center, around 3,000 demonstrators were on the move in Saxony-Anhalt. According to initial information from the police in Thuringia, there were thousands of people. There were initially no concrete figures for Saxony - but according to a police spokeswoman, there were around 1,000 demonstrators at the start of the demonstration at 6:30 p.m. in Leipzig alone.

The protests were directed, among other things, against the corona measures, the war in Ukraine, the energy shortage and rising inflation.