Hundreds of
thousands of protesters against two free trade deals across the
Atlantic took to streets in seven German cities on Saturday, showing
their great concerns about interests losses.
Under the
slogan "For a fair world trade", the demonstrators took to
streets in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and
Stuttgart.
Organizers
estimated that 320,000 people would participate the rallies, while
the police said the real turnout was smaller.
Waving
banners reading "STOP TTIP", "STOP CETA",
protesters expressed their worries about the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP), a free trade pact between the United
States and the European Union (EU), and the Comprehensive Economic
and Trade Agreement (CETA), a deal between the EU and Canada.
Opponents
feared that the deals would lower consumer and environment protection
standards in Europe, and lead to job losses.
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