Lemke travels to the Oder because of the fish kill

Created: 08/13/2022, 16:40

Steffi Lemke (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Federal Environment Minister.

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Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) travels to the Oder because of the fish kill.

On Saturday evening at 6 p.m. in Frankfurt (Oder), she wants to speak to emergency services, for example from the fire brigade and technical relief organization, as the ministry announced.

There, helpers had collected many dead fish from the shore.

According to the Federal Environment Ministry, Brandenburg's Environment Minister Axel Vogel (Greens) and Frankfurt's Lord Mayor René Wilke (Left) are also expected to attend the meeting.

Berlin/Frankfurt - Lemke warned of an impending environmental catastrophe in view of the massive fish kill in the Oder.

According to her department, she had exchanged views with her Polish counterpart on Friday and agreed on a close exchange of information.

Criticism came from Lemke's house on Friday that Poland had not warned in time.

"In fact, we know that this reporting chain, which is intended for such cases, did not work," said a spokesman.

Brandenburg had also openly criticized that they had not been informed by the Polish authorities.

dpa