8.45 a.m.: Shortly before the newly announced blockade actions in Berlin, Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) accused the climate group Last Generation of a lack of willingness to talk. “This group has never sought a dialogue with me,” said the FDP politician to the news portal “The Pioneer”. “But we should treat each other with respect and consider that the other side could also be right.”
He would like good proposals to be worked out together, said Wissing, adding: “A transport policy that divides this society and leads to extremists moving into parliament, that would not be good policy.”
The last generation was founded in 2021 after a hunger strike and has been blocking traffic again and again since the beginning of 2022. Most of the time, participants get stuck. The focus of their criticism is always Wissing.
Last generation wants to “peacefully bring Berlin to a standstill”
At the beginning of March, the activists protested against the federal government’s transport policy in front of the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin and sprayed the building with water from a fire engine to give Wissing “a cold shower”. The activists complained that he was trampling on the law and demonstrably breaking the Climate Protection Act.
The group initially wants to block the government district from Wednesday. From next Monday it is planned to “bring the city to a peaceful standstill”. 800 activists signed up for it. The protest should only end if the federal government responds to the demands of the group.
