About 600 trade unionists and others are protesting in Darmstadt against the convention there of the young guard of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD). The demonstrations began over the weekend and continued today.
The protest was organized mainly by the local branch of the DGB trade union movement. Participants carried banners calling for a ban on all neo-Nazi organizations in West Germany. The NPD youth paraded through the nearby town of Bensheim Saturday with signs denouncing “the infiltration of Germany by foreign elements.” There was a small counter-demon-stration but no clashes were reported.
The convention in Darmstadt is protected by the police. Local authorities told reporters there was no legal way to prevent the gathering because it was declared a private meeting, closed to the public.
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