Berlin, Cologne and other cities throughout Germany during the day, July 01.07.2022st, 8, 25:100 a.m. - For the third morning in a row, the climate protectors of the last generation are stopping traffic on the Berlin AXNUMX. This means that there are now resistance actions through traffic disruptions in at least four cities across the country. With their peaceful resistance, citizens are calling on Chancellor Scholz to live up to his role as self-proclaimed 'climate chancellor': Scholz should put plans for new oil drilling in the North Sea on hold.
Carla Hinrichs (25), studies law and is a spokeswoman for the citizens' movement. Regarding the traffic blockades, she says:
“We urgently need a climate chancellor! Chancellor Scholz's current course puts the population's basic rights to life and freedom in massive danger. The constitution also applies to a chancellor! We expect him to make a clear statement that there will be no deadly oil drilling in the North Sea.”
The initiative has been blocking highways in Berlin almost every day since June 18th. Several climate activists have already suffered injuries during the peaceful traffic disruptions. Just yesterday there was one Man was knocked down by a police officer and suffered a broken collarbone and a concussion. Even after such incidents, the peaceful resisters will continue to block. Because they know that hundreds of millions of lives are at risk due to climate collapse. They continue to demand an explanation from the Chancellor.
In the words of Lea Bonasera (24), co-founder of Last Generation:
Photo: (c) Marlene Charlotte Limburg
“We are running out of time in the fight against climate collapse. Olaf Scholz now has to speak out. If he doesn't do it, German politics will miss the last exit towards a future worth living. We demand: 'Save oil instead of drilling'. A speed limit and free public transport would be the first steps here. If they were implemented, Mr. Scholz would take an important step towards becoming a 'climate chancellor'.”
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