The climate protection movement Fridays for Future accuses the activists of the last generation of dividing society with their protest actions. “The climate crisis needs solutions for society as a whole and we can only find and fight for them together and not by pitting people against each other in everyday life,” said spokeswoman Annika Rittmann of the German Press Agency.
Blockades in Hamburg particularly affected commuters “who can neither afford to live in Hamburg city center nor use public transport due to the lack of expansion. The same is to be feared in Berlin.” With good reason, Fridays for Future has always relied on other forms of protest.
The Fridays for Future climate demos were inspired by the Swede Greta Thunberg, who first sat down in August 2018 for a “school strike for the climate” in front of the parliament in Stockholm.
The last generation is making a name for itself with street blockades, but also with other controversial adhesive campaigns, for example in museums. Climate activists from the group had obstructed the beginning of Easter travel in Hamburg on Thursday in important places – for example in front of the Elbe tunnel.
In the last week of April, the group wants to block streets in Berlin until May. “From Monday, April 24th, we will peacefully bring Berlin to a standstill with street blockades,” says the website. On the previous Sunday (April 23) in the afternoon at the Brandenburg Gate, a meeting was planned.
The activists are calling for a speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour on German autobahns and a permanent 9-euro ticket for buses and trains as immediate measures against the impending “climate collapse”. (dpa)
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