Climate activists block Bundestag garages: CDU leader Merz reacts harshly - "Get out of here"

Created: 2022-12-15, 4:56 p.m

Activists from the "Last Generation" climate protection group block access to the Bundestag's underground car park.

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Even after the raids, the group "Last Generation" continues their climate actions.

Activists blocked several access roads to Bundestag buildings on Thursday.

Berlin - Climate protection demonstrators from the group "Last Generation" blocked access to two Bundestag office buildings in Berlin on Thursday.

Smaller groups of demonstrators with banners sat in front of two of the building's underground car parks in the morning.

Some activists had glued themselves to the street.

Police officers broke the peaceful demonstrators off the street and took them away.

After about two hours, the entrances were free again.

According to the police, three demonstrators were sitting on the entrance to the Paul Löbe House, four more demonstrators in front of the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus.

A man and a woman from the group stood in front of an entrance to the Reichstag building and tried to confront incoming MPs with their concerns.

"Last generation" blocks the Bundestag building: CDU leader Merz reacts angrily

The arriving CDU leader Friedrich Merz rudely fended off the activist's questions about the federal government's climate policy.

"Get out of here," he snapped at the climate protector, who was equipped with a microphone, and pushed him towards the exit by the shoulder.

The man had followed Merz into the entrance area of ​​the Bundestag.

"You are breaking the constitution," the activist called after the visibly annoyed CDU politician.

Former Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble stoically ignored the man's questions as he drove by.

Home Secretary Nancy Faeser assured the activist that politicians are doing a lot to combat climate change.

"Then we can do it together," said Faeser, just before she entered the building.

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Since the beginning of 2022, the "last generation" has been blocking motorway exits and intersections in Berlin and other major cities to fight for more climate protection.

There were also campaigns in museums, stadiums, ministries, at airports and on oil pipelines.

On Tuesday, the homes of eleven members in various federal states were searched.

It was about actions by climate protectors against the oil refinery PCK in Schwedt in north-eastern Brandenburg.

However, the group announced that it would continue its protest actions.

(dpa/fmü)