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Activists of the »Last Generation« have occupied the Brandenburg Gate and hung a banner on the Quadriga
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The protest group "Last Generation" called for solidarity on the day the Wall fell - and had two demonstrators climb the Brandenburg Gate.
"On the day of cohesion, we stand on the brink as a society," said the press release published by the activists on Wednesday morning.
The group calls for more decisive action against climate change and was recently criticized for road blockades, among other things.
The police were there.
It is still unclear whether she wants to get the demonstrators from the Berlin landmark.
On Twitter, the activists asked: "Do we want to live or die together?" The comments on the post were mostly critical.
In general, the support for the actions of the "last generation" in the population seems low: According to a representative survey by the opinion research institute Civey, 86 percent of Germans think that the activists of the group are damaging the cause of climate protection with their actions.
The group is accused of endangering human life by blocking streets.
The background is an accident in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, as a result of which a 44-year-old cyclist died.
A rescue vehicle from the fire brigade was stuck in a traffic jam on the A100 due to an action by the »last generation«.
However, it is still unclear whether the demonstrators are indirectly responsible for the woman's death and may have acted negligently.
In an interview with SPIEGEL, Anja Mann, the twin sister of the deceased cyclist, asked the »last generation« climate activists »whether there might not be another way to fight for the survival of our planet without possibly harming other people «.
Politicians also reacted to the controversial actions of climate activists.
The Union demanded prison sentences of at least three months for road blockades.
CSU boss Markus Söder also believes that prison sentences are appropriate in particularly serious cases.
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