In January, the head of the French national library system said Google's plans would facilitate the hegemony of the English language since it planned to scan libraries in English-speaking countries first.
Last year, in April, Mr. Obama risked a government shutdown over language in a resolution that would have defunded Planned Parenthood at the federal level.
But at Sunday's demonstration, one protester, Simon Hughes, a 25-year-old who offers English-language tours of Berlin, said there was little sense in the planned relocation.