Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets across Germany this weekend as the nation enters a second week of protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Around 100,000 gathered outside the Bundestag in Berlin alone, said the police, with up to 200,000 counted by the organizers in Bavaria’s Munich. Significant turnout was also reported in the cities that represent traditional the AfD voting strongholds in eastern Germany, like Leipzig and Dresden.
The Verfassungsschutz is nothing like the Secret Service, it’s more like Homeland Security or the FBI.
Mayhaps, I don’t have an equivalent table comparing all the services here to others in the world 😅
The Secret Service, AFAIK, is mostly tasked with protecting the president (and related persons), they are basically bodyguards.
Protecting the president (and other eligible high profile individuals) and dealing with currency fraud, apparently.
They’d get SO pissed if someone slipped Bill Clinton a bogus $20 bill!