Wissing: Pursue the question of why action at BER was possible

Created: 11/25/2022, 2:07 p.m

Volker Wissing (FDP), Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, in the Bundestag.

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After the blockade of the capital's BER airport by climate activists, Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) called on the police to investigate the incident in detail.

"The police have to investigate this question, which is why it was obviously easy to reach the security area," Wissing said on Friday on the Welt television station.

Berlin - "It is the task of the police to investigate how it was possible that the activists were able to penetrate the security area so quickly." For the future, the question must be asked what exactly should be done to avoid such incidents.

In principle, however, the security regulations at German airports are strict, emphasized the minister.

“We have high security standards at the airports.

Here, too, action was taken immediately.” It is clear that the costs incurred cannot be borne by the general public.

"We need acceptance for climate protection, but our state must have zero tolerance for such crimes," said Wissing.

Members of the "Last Generation" protest group paralyzed operations at BER on Thursday afternoon.

They managed to snap through a security fence and get onto the airport grounds.

According to the police, four people stuck themselves in the area of ​​​​the runway.

Operations on runways have been stopped in the meantime.

dpa