By REUTERS
Published: September 18, 2010
BERLIN (Reuters) — Tens of thousands of Germans surrounded Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office on Saturday in an antinuclear demonstration that organizers said was the biggest of its kind since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The protest, which organizers said drew 100,000 people, could help to mobilize growing grass-roots opposition to Mrs. Merkel’s center-right coalition, which has suffered a slump in popularity since taking office last October.
Near the start of the protest, the police said there were close to 40,000 demonstrators. They declined to give a later estimate.
In a peaceful march around Berlin’s government quarter, protesters converged on Mrs. Merkel’s chancellery to call for a stop to her plans to extend the life spans of nuclear power stations by an average of 12 years.
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