{"id":358278,"date":"2026-07-04T19:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/german-police-clashed-with-left-wing-activists-protesting-the-afds-party-congress-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:00:40","slug":"german-police-clashed-with-left-wing-activists-protesting-the-afds-party-congress-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/german-police-clashed-with-left-wing-activists-protesting-the-afds-party-congress-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"German police clashed with left-wing activists protesting the AfD&#8217;s party congress | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/R6IOCqE-UYo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"German police clashed with left-wing activists protesting the AfD's party congress | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R6IOCqE-UYo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of demonstrators descended on the city of Erfurt in eastern Germany to protest against the party congress of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD. 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