Voting will not be enough, she says.
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg criticized political parties on Friday for "not doing enough" to fight against global warming, in a speech addressed to thousands of people mobilized in Berlin to defend the climate, two days before the German legislative elections.
“Yes, we have to vote and you have to vote.
But remember that voting alone will not be enough.
We must continue to take to the streets and demand that our leaders take concrete action for the climate, ”the Swedish activist said.
Her message was addressed to both the demonstrators and the candidates running to replace Angela Merkel in the chancellery, after a suspense vote on Sunday, the games of which remain fully open.
For the future of the planet, this is the vote “of the century”, said Luisa Neubauer, head of the “Fridays for future” movement in Germany.
"The earth has a fever"
“Fridays for future”, launched in 2018 and become the forum for the “climate generation”, is organizing its 8th “strike” on Friday in more than 70 countries, with 470 mobilizations planned in Germany.
"The earth is feverish", "This is our future", "Vote" proclaimed the signs brandished in Berlin by a majority of teenage demonstrators, but also families with young children.
In the home stretch before the legislative elections, polls predict a close match between the Social Democrats, in the lead with 25% of voting intentions, and the conservative camp (CDU / CSU), which has risen to 23% according to a latest Civey poll. Thursday.
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The Greens, at the end of a campaign deemed disappointing, would obtain 15% of the voting intentions by taking third place, ahead of the Liberal party (12%).
Their candidate, Annalena Baerbock, joined the climate protest organized in Cologne (west) on Friday before wrapping up her campaign not far from there, in Düsseldorf.
Results under scrutiny across Europe
48 hours from a vote, the results of which will be scrutinized across Europe, the Conservative candidate, Armin Laschet, is expected in Munich alongside Angela Merkel.
After being held back from the campaign, the leader, who will leave the political arena after 16 years in power, no longer spares her efforts to support the leader of her party, weakened by his lack of popularity and his missteps.
She will still be by his side on Saturday for a very last gathering in the stronghold of Armin Laschet, in Aachen.
Serious contender for the chancellery, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, Minister of Finance and Vice-Chancellor of the outgoing government, is due to speak on Friday in Cologne before a final trip on Saturday in the constituency of Potsdam where he is seeking a deputy mandate .
In their electoral programs, the three main candidates made environmental protection one of their priorities for the next four years, pledging to act to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C.
During the election campaign in mid-July, Germany was hit by deadly floods, which left more than 180 people dead in the west of the country and are directly linked to climate change, experts say.
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The objective of climate neutrality is consensus among the German parties, as is the development of renewable energies.
But the time and means to achieve this are debated, between the left favorable to a large intervention of the State and the right which relies on the private sector.
