Even hours after the police began eviction, climate activists of Extinction Rebellion have still persevered on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin on late Monday evening. "We made it: The eviction at Potsdamer Platz was interrupted! The mood could not be better," the organizers wrote in a message. Accordingly, the police have canceled the eviction.
The police have canceled the eviction at #PotsdamerPlatz in #Tiergarten. The Potsdamer Platz as well as the # Big Stars will remain for the time being #LOCKED.
- Traffic Information Center Berlin (VIZ) (@VIZ_Berlin) October 7, 2019The police initially gave no information on Monday evening: "I can neither confirm nor deny an interruption of the eviction," said a spokesman. A little later confirmed the traffic control center Berlin, a facility of the Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Change, but the demolition of the eviction.
The climate activists have announced actions in Berlin for the whole week. On Monday they demonstrated unannounced at the Victory Column at the Great Star and at Potsdamer Platz. In the evening, the most active people announced that they wanted to stay at Potsdamer Platz and the Victory Column all night.
