climate activism
Police Union: “Fanaticism” at Last Generation
Again and again, blockades by the Last Generation group also disrupt road traffic. photo
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The GdP chairman calls the actions of the last generation group fanatical and ruthless. The waves are also making waves in social media after the latest actions by climate protectors.
The police union (GdP) accuses the last generation Fanaticism and, with a view to the actions of radical climate protectionists, pleads for a nationwide coordinated approach. General decrees of the cities to prevent road blockades by climate protectors are correct, but not sufficient, says GdP federal chairman Jochen Kopelke of the German Press Agency.
The threat of high fines and possible imprisonment in the event of an infringement could be an effective reaction – “these are always a noticeable sign of the rule of law,” he adds. From his point of view, this approach would be even more effective if there were soon nationwide coordinated action by the states and municipalities on these forms of protest.
Also involved in their own ranks
Kopelke says, “The last generation is antagonizing people. The group’s growing fanaticism is a matter of great concern to the police.” With its “criminal actions and obtrusive ruthlessness,” the climate protection group failed to increase acceptance of climate protection. With a view to media reports about individual police employees who participate in the last generation, the GdP chairman said: “Such a commitment is highly problematic, and there are highly probable legal consequences.”
Climate activists of the last generation had again disrupted road traffic in several German cities at important points with blockades on Friday. In Nuremberg, they violated a general decree that prohibits unregistered protests.
On Thursday, activists paralyzed the airports in Hamburg and Düsseldorf for several hours by overcoming the fences, running onto the runways and sticking themselves near the runways. In Hamburg, air traffic was completely suspended for a few hours on the first day of vacation. Several flights were diverted or delayed in Düsseldorf.
Green parliamentary group leader speaks of “sabotage of everyday life”
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had declared that the planned Kritis umbrella law, which her ministry is currently preparing, would deal with the security concepts of airports and other parts of the critical infrastructure. The fence around the premises of Düsseldorf Airport meets “all legal security requirements according to the high German and European requirements,” said Airport Managing Director Lars Redeligx of Düsseldorf’s “Rheinische Post”.
The discussion about the recent actions of the Last Generation also made waves on social media. The deputy chairman of the Greens parliamentary group, Konstantin von Notz, wrote on Twitter “The sabotage of people’s everyday lives is politically simply wrong and counterproductive for the fight against the #climate crisis.” and received excited comments for it.
Activists from the Last Generation group disrupted the premiere performance of the Regensburg Castle Festival on Friday evening.
In the meantime, an activist stuck to a part of the stage, as a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Palatinate announced. Three other people were stopped by security personnel on their way to the stage.