“Starve until you’re honest”
Two climate activists want to continue their hunger strike in front of the Chancellery
People stand in front of the Chancellery in Berlin
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Already in the summer of 2021, climate activists went on a week-long hunger strike in front of the Reichstag building. Now two men are choosing this form of protest again and are addressing the Chancellor.
Two climate protection activists are in a public meeting near the Chancellery in Berlin They went on hunger strike and want to continue their protest action, some of which has been going on for weeks. The engineers from Munich and Potsdam only consume liquids such as juice and herbal tea as well as vitamin tablets and salt, as a spokeswoman for the “Starve until you are honest” campaign said on Wednesday. The group demands that Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) should “honestly say” in a government statement how threatening the climate catastrophe is and that a change of course is necessary.
A letter to the Chancellor has so far remained unanswered, said the spokeswoman. The hunger strike will therefore not be called off; other people may want to join. As early as 2021, climate activists went on hunger strike at the Reichstag building for a radical climate change, and they had to go to the hospital repeatedly. This protest was also the first action of the Last Generation.
Hunger striking climate activists want to give a press conference
Deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann did not want to comment on a letter from the demonstrators in Berlin on Wednesday. In general, climate policy is an “important concern of the federal government”. But Chancellor Scholz is worried when people go on hunger strike.
According to the campaign’s spokeswoman, Linda Doblinger, 49-year-old Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick has been on hunger strike in a tent camp in the Spreebogenpark since March 7th – and is “in a relatively stable condition.” Richard Cluse, 57, went on hunger strike on March 25 and, according to the spokeswoman, is also only consuming fluids. The hunger strikers want to speak out at a press conference this Friday.