Cologne/Bonn/Dusseldorf.
The climate movement Fridays for Future wants to protest nationwide and in three NRW cities on Friday (March 3) against the expansion of motorways.
The climate movement Fridays for Future wants in three cities this Friday North Rhine-Westphalia and at other locations in Germany against the further expansion of motorways protest.
So in NRW at 11.30 a.m. in front of the Federal Ministry of Transport Bonn Allied partners have planned a rally on Robert Schuman Square. Demonstrators want to symbolically show the ministry red cards, as Parents for Future Bonn announced in advance. The activists are not only campaigning against the expansion of expressways such as the A565 and A59, but also for the construction of a cycle expressway. Also in Cologne protests are planned, among other things against the expansion of the A4. In Dusseldorf Fridays for Future also plans actions on Friday.
Fridays for Future are also protesting in other cities nationwide
A protest rally is planned in Berlin, which is directed against the further construction of the A100 city motorway. Demonstrations are also planned in Hamburg, Wiesbaden and Stuttgart. The demonstrations are supported by various groups and civil organizations such as Greenpeace or BUND.
According to the Fridays for Future website, what is needed instead of motorways is an expanded rail network and public transport: “In the next few years, car traffic must not only be electrified, but also massively reduced and switched to rail instead.” failing to meet climate targets. (with dpa)
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