The "Last Generation" also exists in Austria, with climate activists sticking themselves to the streets more and more often.
Drivers don't like that.
Vienna – Protests by climate activists are diverse and have steadily increased in recent years.
Most recently, however, the campaigns surrounding the "last generation" - also known as "climate glue" - caused a stir.
This is not only the case in Germany, but also in Austria.
Climate glue in Austria: traffic blockades in Vienna and Graz
While the "Last Generation" in Germany wants to expand their protests, the climate activists in Austria are pursuing a similar goal.
As in the previous weeks, there were traffic blockades on Monday (March 13), this time in Graz and Vienna.
This is reported by oe24,
among others
.
The climate activists have obviously hit a nerve with drivers.
In Vienna, for example, they tried to pull the activists of the "last generation" off the street and thus clear the lane again.
Pictures published by the news portal show several men holding the "climate stickers" on their arms.
Last generation: Austrian climate activists are attacked by motorists
The drivers had also insulted the activists of the "last generation" as "morons" and "idiots".
Apparently nobody was injured.
The protest actions took place in the Austrian capital Vienna at Schwarzenbergplatz and on the Rechte Wienzeile.
In Graz, Glacisstrasse, an important road during rush hour, was blocked by climate activists.
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In Austria, too, activists from the "last generation" are increasingly sticking themselves to the streets.
© IMAGO/Franz Perc
According to the news portal, the "last generation" in Austria is demanding an end to new oil and gas drilling and speeding up the motorways to 100 km/h to ensure better air and less CO2 emissions.
In their project, the climate activists were supported by several scientists on Monday.
Climate adhesives in Austria: Last generation are ready for talks
The "Last Generation" itself, however, shared pictures of the protest actions on Twitter.
According to the climate activists, Austria is affected by drought and water shortages, and Chancellor Karl Nehammer refuses to enforce “the simplest protective measures such as speeding up to 100 km/h on motorways”.
The "climate stickers" allude to a speech by Nehammer on Friday, in which he described Austria as "Autoland".
🚨 HURRY: GLACISSTRASSE IN GRAZ CLOSED 🚨
More and more regions in Austria are affected by drought and water shortages, while #Nehammer calls Austria an auto country and refuses to implement the simplest protective measures such as #Tempo100 on motorways.
pic.twitter.com/runMNg66pI
— Last Generation Austria (@lastgenAT) March 13, 2023
However, the climate activists are apparently also willing to suspend their protests.
As reported by the Salzburger Nachrichten, the “Last Generation” confirmed to the newspaper on Monday that they would make the necessary agreements “if a mayor backs our demands.” Such deals between climate activists and mayors have also recently been made in
Germany
.
Last generation: Austrian mayors with mixed feelings about the climate stickers
According to an activist from the “last generation”, city leaders must therefore publicly commit to climate protection.
Of the mayors who
questioned the
Salzburger Nachrichten , only Innsbruck's mayor Georg Willi (Greens) seems to support the climate activists.
While the mayor of Salzburg "couldn't start with this kind of protest at all", his Linz colleague Klaus Luger set the conditions for talks with the climate activists.
According to this, the protest actions of the "Last Generation" on the streets of the city would have to be suspended for four weeks while the negotiations would be ongoing.
Meanwhile, it may be of interest to some what “last generation” climate activists earn.
(mef)
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