“It seems to me that there is interest to have these bloody pictures of civil war scenario to delegitimize the protest,” Andrej Hunko from Die Linke party, who is currently in Frankfurt, told Sputnik.
Several thousands of people organized by the Blockupy left-wing political group gathered in Frankfurt on Wednesday to protest against EU austerity policies. The protesters tried to disrupt the opening of the new $1 billion ECB office headquarters in the city.
The Bank’s spokesman told Sputnik earlier in the day that the opening of the new office headquarters will not be affected by the protests.
The Blockupy movement estimates there are at least 10,000 people at the demonstration. They are not only Germans, but also Hungarians, Spaniards, Italians and French among others.
Hunko expects that even more people will gather later today for another demonstration in Frankfurt.
