“Last generation”: Ricarda Lang warns against RAF comparisons

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Green leader warns – RAF comparison “plays down terror and mocks the suffering of the victims”

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“The higher purpose of climate protection is always the protection of freedom, life and limb”

Economics Minister Robert Habeck sharply criticizes road blockades and vandalism against works of art by the “last generation”. “I don’t think it’s right what’s happening in many places here,” said Habeck.

CSU politician Alexander Dobrindt had compared the “last generation” with the RAF. Greens leader Ricarda Lang considers that mockery of the victims of terrorism. Nevertheless, she is critical of the activists’ protest.

GRomanian party leader Ricarda Lang has protected the “Last Generation” climate group from comparisons with a “Climate RAF”. The Red Army Faction (RAF) killed with weapons and explosives, more than 30 people lost their lives at the hands of the terrorists, Lang told the newspapers of the Funke media group. “Anyone who draws parallels here and names the current protests with the RAF in the same breath is playing down the terror of the time and mocking the suffering of the victims and survivors,” emphasized Lang and warned “that verbal disarmament is taking place here.”

CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt had in the “Picture on Sunday” demanded that the emergence of a “climate RAF” must be prevented. Dobrindt confirmed the choice of words on Tuesday. For decades, the RAF was considered the epitome of terror and murder in the Federal Republic. More than 30 people fell victim to left-wing terrorists between the 1970s and the early 1990s.

At the same time, the Union faction is campaigning for tighter penalties against climate activists who block roads or attack works of art in museums. However, Lang does not believe that stricter laws are necessary. “Our constitutional state offers sufficient resources for this,” she said. Nevertheless, she criticized the forms of protest of the “last generation” as counterproductive. “When a protest leads to people no longer talking about the cause and only about the form of the protest, that does the cause a disservice,” she said.

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The Green Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann also criticized the protests of the “last generation” as counterproductive. If you choose a form of protest that leads to rejection by the majority, you only harm the goal of climate protection, said the politician at the “Südwest Presse” forum on Tuesday evening in Ulm. Civil disobedience must also be non-violent, said Kretschmann. “Protest must not aim to change the matter, but only the appeal to do so.” With the Greens, for example, as part of the federal government, there are certainly opportunities to change something and get involved.

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