The climate protest of the "Last Generation" continues. On the A100 in Berlin, a mother and her son blocked traffic together.
Berlin – Since April 19, the "Last Generation" has been on the streets of Berlin almost every day. The so-called "climate stickers" want to enforce with a protest marathon that their demands are perceived. To this end, they have called for the "#Stadtstillstand Berlin" campaign. Since then, activists from all over Germany have been flocking to the capital.
"Last Generation" protests in Berlin: These are their demands:
- Speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour: The "Last Generation" argues that a Germany-wide speed limit would avoid 6.7 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
- Permanent 9-Euro-Ticket: Affordable public transport is fair in times of rising living costs and is also an effective means of climate protection.
- Board of Trustees: The German government is to convene a social council to develop measures to end Germany's use of fossil fuels by 2030.
Regine (81) and Arne Springorum (50) will also be there. Mother and son stick together on the street. On Wednesday (4 May), they jointly blocked the A100 city motorway. In the middle of rush hour traffic in the early morning.
Mother explains climate actions with the "Last Generation": "Nobody does this here for pleasure"
"I would much rather spend time with my grandchildren than sit here and disturb those around me in their daily lives," Regine Springorum said in a press release from the group. Why is she still taking part in the protest action? "If no one pulls the ripcord now and interrupts the daily grind, then my grandchildren won't lose a few hours with their grandmother, then they will be robbed of the chance of a future." "Nobody is doing this for pleasure," she added in a video. Activist Theodor Schnarr expressed a similar view in an interview with IPPEN. MEDIA.
The adhesive actions of the "last generation" are controversial. While the group declares that it is the only means to get enough attention, the form of protest goes over the top for many citizens. Green Party leader Katharina Dröge also criticized the group. Their actions were not directed against the perpetrators of the climate crisis, but rather "got on the nerves of normal people in everyday life," Dröge said in an interview with RTL and ntv. In a survey conducted by NDR, 52 percent of respondents rated the adhesive campaigns as "not at all appropriate".
Climate activist protests together with his mother: "We confront politics and society"
Arne Springorum, of course, sees it differently. He has glued himself to the A100 next to his mother and says: "Obviously, we won't get anywhere with data and facts alone, so we confront politics and society with the question around which everything revolves right now: Do we want to survive?"
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According to the "Last Generation", the 50-year-old is a geologist and is taking a break from his job as an energy efficiency consultant for the protest. He blames politicians for the climate crisis. "We have had everything we need for a long time: the knowledge, the technologies and the necessary money. The lack of political will alone just keeps us on course for climate collapse."
"Last Generation" insists on demands: Wissing gets criticism for meeting with climate activists
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing recently approached the activists. He met with representatives of the "Last Generation", which afterwards reported on "good talks", but does not want to stop the protests. The group calls for a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. However, the CDU/CSU already assessed Wissing's initiative as "completely wrong". Thomas Bareiß, transport policy spokesman for the Bundestag parliamentary group, told ZDF today: "You don't negotiate with criminals." The Minister of Transport had "rewarded" the activists for unlawful actions. (moe)
