Essen terminates rental agreement for AfD federal party meeting

Celebration Gatherings - Essen terminates rental agreement for AfD federal party meeting

Essen has cancelled the rental agreement for the AfD's federal party convention scheduled at the Grugahalle in late June. The city spokesperson made this announcement on Thursday night. Both the district administration and the municipal supervision have no objections, and all concerns have been addressed.

Essen and the event company have been trying to halt the AfD's federal party convention in Grugahalle for months now. The most recent development saw the city council demanding that the AfD agrees not to use Nazi slogans at the event. If there were any breaches, fines up to 500,000 euros would be imposed. To submit this declaration, the city gave the AfD a deadline; otherwise, the rental contract would be immediately and immediately terminated, as per the resolution passed by the city council.

The AfD failed to submit the required declaration within the fixed deadline, so the city is now pushing through with the cancellation. However, it couldn't be announced straight away as the AfD had the district administration in Düsseldorf as their municipal supervision.

The AfD intends to elect a new board at their federal party convention scheduled to take place in the Essen Grugahalle at the end of June. Multiple organizations have announced their plans to protest against this meeting. The police anticipate tens of thousands of demonstrators, making these protests some of the biggest in Essen in recent years.

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1. Despite the cancellation of the AfD's federal party conference in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia, the AfD party aims to elect their new board during the event at the Grugahalle.
2. The cancellation of the rental agreement for the AfD's federal party meeting in Essen has been widely criticized by various political parties, sparking debates about freedom of assembly in Germany.
3. The local food vendors near the Grugahalle were looking forward to the revenue from the AfD's federal party conference, but with the cancellation, they will have to find alternative sources of income.
4. The AfD's federal party conference was set to take place in June, but its cancellation has led to a surge in interest for the rival parties' summer festivals and gatherings in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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