Berlin fails to ban extremists' rally

By Imre Karacs in Berlin

22 November 2000

For only the second time since the war, a far-right party is to march through the Brandenburg Gate and past the site earmarked for the Holocaust memorial.

To the consternation of the German government, which is trying to ban the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), attempts to outlaw the demonstration failed yesterday. [...].

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