Berlin Uses Water Cannons as Pandemic Protests Intensify
- Over 2,000 police break up demonstration near Brandenburg Gate
- Tensions are running high over law to expand government power
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Berlin police used water cannons in an effort to break up a protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coronavirus policies, another sign of the growing pushback in Germany over renewed restrictions to stem the pandemic.
Thousands of demonstrators refused to abide by distancing and hygiene rules, while some threw bottles and other objects. The scene near the Brandenburg Gate echoed recent unrest in cities such as Frankfurt and Leipzig as tension rises across Europe’s largest economy.