Thousands stage protest against G7 summit in Germany

‘Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the southern German city of Munich to protest against the upcoming summit of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized countries.

Police said about 23,000 people took part in Thursday’s protest in the Bavarian capital, which was organized by environmentalists and globalization opponents.

Some demonstrators marched behind a banner, reading, “stop the TTIP (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal), save the climate, fight poverty.”

According to a recent poll, some 43 percent of Germans believe that the TTIP, a free trade agreement currently under negotiation between Europe and the US, is bad for their country.’

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