Large G7 demo in Munich: route, number of participants, schedule
Created: 06/24/2022, 20:09
By: Michelle Brey
A picture of the G7 demo in Munich in 2015. The route also led the demonstrators to the Stachus.
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The people in Munich also felt the effects of the G7 summit in Elmau.
A large demo is scheduled for Saturday, thousands of demonstrators are expected.
Blocked parking lots, circling helicopters, an area full of police: The G7 summit in Elmau requires massive security measures in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area.
From June 26th to 28th, the heads of state and government of the seven most important industrialized countries will meet in Bavaria.
As early as Saturday (June 25), Munich will also feel the summit meeting - and not for the first time.
G7 summit 2022: Big demo in Munich on Saturday
The day before the meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron (France) and Co., a large demo in Munich wants to draw attention.
A total of 15 organizations - including Greenpeace and WWF - want to demonstrate against hunger and poverty and for better climate and species protection.
The organizers of the Munich demo emphasize on their website: The G7 countries are responsible for the fact that the climate catastrophe and the extinction of species have escalated dramatically.
G7 summit demo: schedule and route in detail
The start of the demonstration is scheduled for 12 noon.
According to the organizer's website, the starting point is the southern Theresienwiese.
The demonstration through downtown Munich is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Around 2.30 p.m. the participants want to return to the Theresienwiese.
The rally is expected to end around 4 p.m.
According to the organizer, this is the demo route in detail:
Theresienwiese, Poccistrasse, Lindwurmstrasse, Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse, Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz, Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse, Paul-Heyse-Strasse, Schwanthalerstrasse, Sonnenstrasse, Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, Lindwurmstrasse, Poccistrasse, Theresienwiese.
G7 summit in Elmau with consequences for Munich: number of participants in the demo and warning from the police
According to the police, more than the 20,000 registered participants could come to the large demonstration against the G7 summit on Saturday in good weather.
Munich's head of operations and police vice president Michael Dibowski expects, among other things, a black block.
He said that at the presentation of the police operational concept on Thursday (June 23).
He expects a strength up to a high three-digit number of people.
However, the mobilization is not as strong as at the G7 summit in 2015.
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At that time, a total of around 35,000 participants came to the central demonstration in Munich.
The 2022 mobilization will mainly run across Germany.
The international mobilization could also be influenced by the subsequent NATO summit in Madrid and be less strong than in 2015, said Dibowski.
Around 3,000 police officers are on duty in Munich and should ensure that the demo runs peacefully.
A total of around 18,000 officers are deployed around the G7 summit - the police have rented a number of huts.
When the G7 participants arrive and during the demo on Saturday, traffic jams and disruptions are to be expected.
Dibowski called on the demonstrators to present their protest peacefully.
There is room for "creative and peaceful forms of demonstration".
However, the police vice president made it clear: “The Munich police will not tolerate disturbances caused by violence, damage to property and other violations of the law.”
Legitimate protest ends where criminal behavior begins.
Munich's head of operations and police vice president Michael Dibowski in the direction of the G7 demo participants
G7 summit demo in Munich: when, where and how many demonstrators?
An overview
The big G7 demo is scheduled for Saturday June 25th.
The demonstration against the G7 summit will take place in downtown Munich.
The start and end point is the Theresienwiese.
The route takes participants almost 4.5 kilometers through the city.
A time frame of four hours has been set for the demo: it should start at 12 noon and end at 4 p.m.
In good weather, the police expect more than 20,000 registered demonstrators.
3,000 police officers are on duty.
Burning police cars in Munich ahead of the G7 summit
In the run-up to the G7 summit, eight police cars were set on fire on Wednesday night (June 22).
The cars belonged to emergency services who are housed in a hotel for the summit beginning on Sunday at Schloss Elmau in Munich.
Munich's mayor reacted furiously.
The action alliance "Stop G7 Elmau" distanced itself from the fact.
(mbr with dpa)
