Two more days at the IAA Mobility.
And protests are also planned for the weekend, for Saturday a big bike demo and a protest march around the main train station.
Protest actions against the IAA in Munich are also planned for Saturday.
A total of 11 starting points are planned for the bicycle
rally alone (see update from 11:27 a.m.)
.
A protest march around the station leads to chaotic scenes.
The police intervene with baton and pepper spray
(see update from 3:40 p.m.)
.
Opinions differ on how many people are protesting against the IAA in Munich today
(see update from 5:20 p.m.)
.
This news ticker is continuously updated.
6:07 p.m.:
According to
initial
information, the demonstration and rally were largely peaceful.
The organizers were initially not aware of any incidents.
However, Markus Büchler, Member of the Green Party, who had accompanied the demonstration as a “parliamentary observer”, reported at least one “baton scene” that he had observed.
He also confirmed statements made by the “Sand in the Gears” alliance that two trees had been occupied as a result of the demonstration.
In the meantime, police spokesman Andreas Franken has taken stock of today's demonstrations.
Compared to media representatives, he was satisfied with the police operation.
There were no disruptions on Theresienwiese.
The only disturbance worth mentioning was on Luisenstrasse, because participants in the demonstration occupied trees in order to raise banners there.
The emergency services had used pepper spray twice because the situation was initially unclear.
If you had known that it was only about a banner, the police would have withdrawn immediately, explains Franken.
5.41 p.m .:
"All traffic
blocks
that were set up as part of today's meeting have now been lifted," said the Munich police.
5:20 p.m.:
How many people are actually demonstrating in Munich?
The figures differ: the organizers speak of a total of 25,000 and even 50,000 people, the police of more than 10,000.
Already in the morning around 500 cyclists from several cities in Bavaria had set off by bike in the direction of Munich.
The number had grown to 8000 in the course of the rally, as the police announced.
According to the organizers, there should have been 20,000 bicycle demonstrators.
In the afternoon, according to the police, 3,500 demonstrators walked through the center of Munich, according to the organizers there were 5,000. After intermittent stops and police interventions during the protest march, most of the demonstrators met for the final rally on Theresienwiese.
A total of 50,000 participants were registered.
IAA protests: After chaos scenes in the city center, the protest march reaches Theresienwiese
5:11 p.m.:
Without further incidents - at least none are known at the
moment
- the protest march continued on its route towards Theresienwiese.
Most of the demonstrators have now arrived there - including the “no future” block, which had repeatedly reported incidents along the way.
4:12 p.m.:
The protest march starts moving again.
This is what the group "no future" reports.
The situation seems to be calming down.
The Munich police previously announced on Twitter: "From the police point of view, nothing speaks against continuing on the planned elevator route."
4:05 p.m.:
While the demonstration train seems to be standing still, the bike rally was recently ended for several thousand participants, as the Munich police report.
"We wish you a safe and safe journey home," tweeted the police.
But before that, the final rally on the Theresienwiese is on the agenda for the participants in the rally.
BUND Naturschutz Bayern reports about 25,000 people who are supposed to be there.
25,000 on foot or by bike at the #IAADemo in Munich!
Now we are making the choice for the climate election and voting out the traffic turnaround blockers of the GroKo!
pic.twitter.com/t71SqLCl0w
- Christoph Bautz (@ChristophBautz) September 11, 2021
IAA protest march in Munich: The police intervene with baton and pepper spray
3:40 p.m.:
Now the demonstration is apparently escalating for the first time.
As several Twitter videos show, the demonstrators pushed against the police.
She pushes the crowd back using baton and pepper spray.
Several people have now climbed trees.
The police also intervene in the area around the Königsplatz underground station.
Helicopters circle over the state capital.
Will the demonstration be broken up soon?
Escalation at #NoIAA, police using baton and pepper.
Several people have climbed trees.
# Munich #BlockIAA #IAA pic.twitter.com/A5fnvz1lIg
- Leon Enrique Montero (@ le0nenrique) September 11, 2021
3:21 p.m.:
According to information from
Merkur.de,
strange scenes
are also taking place in Prinzregentenstrasse
: amid the many cyclists who are protesting against the IAA
motor show accompanied
by
police, an SUV is on the street in front of the Haus der Kunst.
The cyclists seem to take the obstacle calmly.
SUV on Prinzregent Strasse in front of the Haus der Kunst.
in the middle of the bike demo - police ?!
# alight #IAADemo pic.twitter.com/3f8hHwumCJ
- Martina Lippl (@lippl_m) September 11, 2021
3.13 p.m.:
Tumultuous scenes in the middle of Munich city center.
Two activists of the demonstration have climbed trees.
The police intervene.
According to the
picture
reporter Keim, pepper spray and baton are used.
2 climate chaots have climbed trees.
#Police use pepper spray and baton.
#IAA # Munich pic.twitter.com/hbnUNsCvv9
- Karl Keim (@karlkeim_) September 11, 2021
3:08 p.m.:
It continues.
The demo is moving again.
Meanwhile, the alliance "umsGanze" writes on Twitter of police attacks on activists from the anti-capitalist bloc.
The protest rally is also making progress - much more relaxed than in downtown Munich.
In a video from Germering (Fürstenfeldbruck district) you can see how the participants from Augsburg and Herrsching have teamed up.
Together we continue in the direction of Munich.
2.40 p.m.:
Individual demonstrators set off pyrotechnics in Paul-Heyse-Strasse.
A cloud of purple smoke hangs over the protest march.
Several groups upload pictures of it on Twitter.
One of them reads: “Good mood in the block, cops not amused.” This is what the “no future” alliance announced.
The police put on their helmets between the two blocks “SandImGetriebe” and “smashIAA”, reports a participant in the demonstration on Twitter.
According to
Bild
reporter Karl Keim
, the police
stopped
the demonstration
after the smoke bomb was ignited.
Demo now stopped in Paul-Heyse-Straße, smoke bomb detonated.
#IAA # Munich pic.twitter.com/jmIi4iV7ND
- Karl Keim (@karlkeim_) September 11, 2021
2:11 p.m.:
The protest march is now on its way to the city center. There are significant traffic obstructions along the route. The alliances "sand in the gears", "umsGanze" and "No Future for IAA" form a separate block with "well over 1,000 demonstrators", as "No Future for IAA" writes on Twitter. Meanwhile, “umsGanze” complains: “Cops are filming in the anti-capitalist bloc. Stop the filming! Against the criminalization of climate protests! ”One participant in the demonstration wrote via Twitter that there was“ tension in the air ”.
1.46 p.m.:
While the protest
march is moving
from Theresienwiese in the direction of the train station, the first participants in the demo
rally are heading
for Oktoberfest-Platz.
“The Radsternfahrt is in full swing and the participants are currently on various large access roads in the direction of Theresienwiese.
Our traffic police are there and ensure that everything runs safely, ”the Munich police wrote on Twitter.
There is tension in the air.
For me to feel physically. # IAADEMO pic.twitter.com/q09QtHxoei
- W. Heinrich ✌️ (@ 1xKlaudius) September 11, 2021
1:28 p.m.:
Union
Chancellor
candidate Armin Laschet * has no understanding for the protests against the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich. "This is the greenest IAA that has ever existed," said the CDU leader on Saturday at the party convention of the sister party CSU in Nuremberg *. Never before has there been so much talk of climate neutrality, sustainability and environmental protection. "The fact that people are still demonstrating, blocking roads and fighting this industry shows that some people are not interested in environmental protection, but rather in changing the system."
On the Theresienwiese, the fourth speaker at the opening rally, Christoph Bautz from the citizens' movement “Campact”, has a different opinion and, according to
SZ,
sends Laschet
the return coach: “The car manufacturers have not understood that the answer to the climate crisis is not the drive turnaround.” Rather you need a traffic turnaround.
Armin Laschet - and also SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz - are "climate brakes that have to be voted out in two weeks."
IAA large-scale demonstration begins to move: this is the route
1:02 p.m.:
The IAA protests are
approaching
their numerical peak.
In addition to the bicycle demo, a demonstration train will start moving from Theresienwiese.
An extensive circuit around the main train station is planned, and Königsplatz is also on the route.
The demonstrators want to walk through the following squares and streets: Theresienwiese - Esperantoplatz - Schubertstrasse - Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz - Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse - Paul-Heyse-Strasse - Paul-Heyse-Unterführung - Seidlstrasse.
- Stiglmaierplatz - Briennerstrasse - Luisenstrasse - Karlstrasse - Augustenstrasse - Dachauer Strasse - Elisenstrasse - Luisenstrasse - Bahnhofsplatz - Bayerstrasse - Goethestrasse - Mozartstrasse - Esperantoplatz - Bavariaring - Theresienwiese
12:52 Sponti of sand in the gear block to your meeting area. # NoIAA #BlockIAA pic.twitter.com/H5TAWB5Q64
- Collective Communique (@KollektivC) September 11, 2021
The return to Theresienwiese is planned for 2.30 p.m. There the demonstrators want to unite with the participants of the rally and the children's bike demo for the final rally at 3 p.m. The Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft expects that there will be disruptions in the entire network by 3 p.m. Only the subway is not affected. The police use their largest contingent on Saturday. A police spokesman said in the morning that the maximum number of 4500 colleagues would be reached. Tens of thousands of participants are expected at the demonstrations. In the morning, dozens of police buses were parked on Theresienwiese, where the rallies are to end.
11:59 am:
The Munich police have published a safety
notice
for the participants in the cycling demo: “Please pay particular attention to the tram
tracks
when cycling today.
Because of the rain, these can be particularly slippery, ”the police wrote on Twitter.
Rain was announced again and again for the weekend *.
#Traffic advice
Please pay particular attention to the tram
tracks
when cycling today.
Because of the rain, these can be particularly slippery.
Drive carefully. # Muc1109
- Police Munich (@PolizeiMuenchen) September 11, 2021
11.52 am:
The activists of Robin Wood hung up a banner on Wittelsbacher Platz in the morning, "Robin Wood" a banner: "Full throttle into the climate crisis?
CARpitalism scrapping ”is on the banner in front of the Siemens headquarters.
But after a few minutes the banner was gone again.
IAA demo rally: These are the routes
11:27 am:
For the demo
rally
on Saturday, the ADFC has planned a total of eleven routes into the state capital.
The demo participants must have the greatest physical fitness for route A1.
From the starting point in Konrad-Adenauer-Allee in Augsburg to downtown Munich it is almost 74 kilometers.
The final rally is planned for Saturday at 3 p.m. on the Theresienwiese.
Departure points and starting times Bicycle demo in the Munich area
Augsburg (8 a.m.)
Herrsching (11.05 a.m.)
Weilheim (9.25 a.m.)
Geretsried (10:45 am)
Petershausen (10:10 a.m.)
Neufahrn (09.55 a.m.)
Freising (10.20 a.m.)
Erding (10.30 a.m.)
Grafing (11.05 a.m.)
Rosenheim (8:55 am)
Holzkirchen (11.25 a.m.)
10.42 a.m.:
Because of the demonstrations, there should be traffic
obstructions
in downtown Munich on Saturday.
In addition to the foot demonstration, a bicycle rally is also planned.
The General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) has planned four departure points within the city center.
Start is at 1 p.m.
Departure points and starting times Bicycle demo in Munich
Olympiapark, park harp (13:05)
Studentenstadt, Park + Ride car park, Ungererstraße 214 (1:10 p.m.)
Ostbahnhof, Trausnitzstraße (1 p.m.)
Westpark, car park at Rosengarten, Westendstrasse (1.35 p.m.)
7:59 a.m.:
At the IAA Mobility *
auto show
in Munich, the weekend is on the home straight - and protests are expected again. A bicycle rally with up to 35,000 participants and a demonstration with up to 10,000 participants are planned. A final rally is to take place from 3 p.m. on the Theresienwiese in downtown Munich. However, experience shows that there could be disruptive actions beyond the registered protests, said a police spokesman with a view to Saturday. The fair ends on Sunday.
The General German Bicycle Club (ADFC), the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND), the Verkehrsclub Deutschland and the environmental organization Greenpeace are involved in the bicycle rally, which begins on Saturday lunchtime.
The police expect correspondingly strong traffic disruptions.
The action alliance "Sand in the Gears" called for a "mass action of civil disobedience".
IAA in Munich accompanied by protests: police defend deployment concept
Already on Friday there were clashes with the police * in the Bavarian capital.
The officers used batons and pepper spray against demonstrators.
The IAA opponents also occupied a house that was cleared again, demonstrated on several action areas of the auto show in the city center and temporarily blocked a motorway.
In addition, the house of the VW boss in the Glockenbachviertel was smeared *.
The police, who are on duty at the fair with up to 4,500 officers, defended their deployment concept.
It was right to "carry out inspections with low thresholds and also to be on site with strong personnel," said a spokesman.
Climate activists, on the other hand, criticized the procedure * and spoke of "massive violence", which one does not want to be intimidated by.
IAA in Munich: Again and again protests in the city - bike demo planned for Saturday
Protests, some of which had been spectacular, had already taken place in the days before.
At the start of the trade fair on Tuesday, environmental activists abseiled from motorway bridges around Munich * and paralyzed traffic around the city for a long time.
The environmental organizations that called for the demonstrations criticize the IAA as a place where politics and business meet “to polish up their image”.
There had already been massive protests at the previous IAA in 2019.
The chairman of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard Müller, called on the demonstrators to dialogue on Thursday.
(dpa / AFP / cibo / utz) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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