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"Last generation" wants to paralyze Berlin: In addition to adhesive campaigns, braking blockades on the Autobahn are planned

2023-04-22T16:17:45.739Z


The "Last Generation" wants to bring Berlin to a standstill. Here you can read what the climate activists are planning in the coming days.


The "Last Generation" wants to bring Berlin to a standstill.

Here you can read what the climate activists are planning in the coming days.

Berlin – “Last generation” climate activists regularly block roads and intersections.

In Berlin in particular, drivers will need strong nerves in the coming days: the climate movement wants to bring Berlin to a “standstill”.

As announced, the first protest actions by the activists took place on Wednesday (April 19).

It should really start on Monday (April 24th).

Then demonstrators want to paralyze the capital indefinitely.

There was already a protest march for the FDP party conference on Friday (April 21).

The "Fridays for Future" movement also demonstrated in Berlin.

The initiatives accuse the governing party of failure to achieve climate protection goals and a “climate policy blockade” within the federal government.

"Last generation" wants to paralyze Berlin: What is planned

And also on Saturday (April 22) there was a protest.

Climate activists from the Last Generation group spray-painted several luxury shops on Berlin's Ku'damm around 10am.

They sprayed the orange color on the shop windows and facades with fire extinguishers on Saturday morning, as a dpa reporter observed on site.

"We can no longer afford the rich" was also on the group's posters, as well as "Your luxury = our climate collapse".

On Sunday (April 23) a rally of the "Last Generation" is planned at the Brandenburg Gate, from Monday there will be a standstill.

"We protest and motivate others to participate and join," the group's website said.

More than 1000 people have now registered on the initiative's website.

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There, the "Last Generation" also provides information on accommodation, protest training and information on legal consequences for the participants.

A packing list for the protest days is also provided – including superglue.

In addition to the usual adhesive campaigns, brake blockades are also planned on motorways,

Focus

reported .

"Last generation" plans brake blockades on motorways

According to the climate movement, the brake parade is intended to slow traffic down to 90 to 100 kilometers per hour - to draw attention to the demand for a speed limit.

The lanes should be blocked by “vehicles driving parallel at the same height”, it said.

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Two climate activists stuck themselves to a coach in front of the Marriott Hotel on Potsdamer Platz.

The activists of the "Last Generation" have announced disruptive actions in Berlin for the coming days.

© Paul Zinken/dpa

"The actions will be carried out in many places and for so long until those responsible for politics either meet the demand or further implementation seems disproportionate or even impossible," it said.

A few months ago, a YouTube video by the initiative showed a similar campaign on the A2.

As the 

Märkische Allgemeine

 reported, the A100, A111 and A113 city motorways were particularly popular targets for the “last generation” during past protests around Berlin.

It remains to be seen whether such blockades will take place here in the coming days.

A climate activist from Göttingen explained why she sticks to the streets for climate protection.

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List of rubrics: © Paul Zinken/dpa

Source: merkur

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