Shortly before the Hamburg election: Greta comes - and demands panic room

Will this celebrity visit benefit the Greens in the Hamburg elections? Greta Thunberg wants to visit the Hanseatic city - and has an unusual wish.

• Greta Thunberg is participating in a Fridays for Future demo in Hamburg.
• The visit takes place two days before the Hamburg elections.
• The motto of the Friday demo is "Hamburg chooses climate" .

Hamburg - A "panic room" usually has an armored door, unbreakable windows and ventilation. Those who feel threatened can withdraw here - and obviously Greta Thunberg (17) would like to have such a possibility given during her visit to Hamburg. Bild.de reports that this information was put in by a “Fridays For Future” activist and then confirmed by security circles in Hamburg.

Thunberg's Swedish security team had therefore inquired whether the former central outpatient clinic for drunks (ZAB) on Glacischaussee was available - "as a safe room for Greta Thunberg." "This call amazed the staff," said Bild.de. Feuerwerk Hamburg has already refused because it needs the premises, the report said. 400 police officers would be on hand to ensure safety during the demo shortly before the 2020 Hamburg election.

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The activists think that the election on February 23 is not a regional matter, but a very important accent for climate policy across Germany. "The visit by Greta Thunberg shows that Fridays for Future, like the climate crisis, does not stick to national borders and that Hamburg will be the focus of European attention on the day," said Fridays for Future co-organizer Arnaud Boehmann .

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The motto of the demo this Friday is "Hamburg chooses climate" . The movement initiated by Thunberg requires politicians to make more efforts to reduce CO2 emissions . It should start at 12 o'clock. A speech by Thunberg is expected, and the Hamburg hip-hop group Fettes Brot has also announced. Fridays for Future said it expected 30,000 participants.

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Observers believe that the visit of the prominent climate activists could help the Hamburg Greens in the election. “School strike or green campaign help?” Asks the Spiegel portal bento , for example. Hamburg is considered a stronghold of the climate protection movement. It is not Thunberg's first visit to the city: On March 1, 2019, the Swedish climate activist was already at a demo in the Hanseatic city. She has already organized two demonstrations in Hamburg with 100,000 and 50,000 participants.

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