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People in trees in Lützerath
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Lukas Eberle / DER SPIEGEL
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"Lützerath is alive" initiative is combative
11.12 a.m .:
“Lützerath is alive” is also preparing for the demonstration.
"We expect thousands of people who will protest at Europe's biggest shithole, the fight is not lost yet," said spokeswoman Bente Opitz.
»It will be a dynamic day, we hope that people from outside will be able to come to Lützerath.« That will be the decisive question of the day.
Demolition work is progressing
11.05 a.m .:
While the police are preparing for the demonstration around Lützerath, the demolition work by the energy company RWE is apparently progressing.
RWE wants to create facts quickly, said the initiative's spokeswoman, Bente Opitz, and the Paulahof (just called "Paula") is currently being demolished.
"The destruction is awesome, and it's awesome how fast it's happening."
Police high-altitude intervention team in action
10:52 a.m .:
According to the police, the buildings in Lützerath are empty and cleared.
Activists are therefore only in tree houses and in the notorious tunnel under the place.
One person is also sitting on a monopod.
A police spokeswoman put the number of activists in Lützerath in two digits.
There are just over a dozen structures, the spokeswoman said.
Some people are still on ropes between the structures, the height intervention team is in action.
SPIEGEL reporter Lukas Eberle reports on several people hanging in the forest.
The fire brigade has inflated a large air cushion under the tree houses.
Police prepare for demonstration
10.36 a.m .:
According to the police, numerous participants have already arrived for the announced demonstration in Keyenberg, a neighboring town of Lützerath.
The police are expecting 8,000 people, according to a police spokeswoman, they are prepared for demonstrators trying to get into Lützerath.
The program with bands starts at 11 a.m., the demo itself at 12 p.m.
With material from dpa.