Two months before Germany’s right-wing AfD party’s planned national conference in Essen, the city and other protagonists are organising demonstrations against the party, with tens of thousands of participants. The organisers are expecting 30,000 demonstrators at a main rally on the last Saturday in June. At the event, prominent representatives from politics and business are expected to take to the stage. Various groups and alliances are also planning activities throughout the party conference weekend, including a music parade. The police are preparing for a large-scale operation – especially a…