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Germans protest against 'rent insanity', seek expropriationAFPProtesters attend a demonstration against rent increase in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, April 6, 2019. Slogan in the foreground reads 'Living Is Not A Product - Stopp Rent Insanity'. Image Credit: APBerlin: Thousands of people on Saturday joined marches across major German cities against "rental insanity", or Mietwahnsinn, which has sparked a popular backlash.Organisers said at least 6,000 people gathered in Berlin's emblematic Alexanderplatz and were marching towards the working-class, predominantly immigrant district of Kreuzberg, which has been recently targeted by developers eager to make a fast buck."No demolition of habitable houses," the protesters cried. Some of the marchers were disguised as what they called "real estate sharks".Read more at: https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/germans-protest-against-rent-insanity-seek-expropriation-1.1554558405397
