Despite the headwind from society and politics, the protest group "Last Generation" wants to continue its blockades and disruptive actions from next week - for example in Berlin and Munich. According to the activists, they will not be intimidated, but on the contrary will intensify the protest.
The controversial protest group "Last Generation" has announced further disruptive actions in major German cities for the coming week. In Munich, a street on the central Karlsplatz will be blocked from 8 a.m. on Monday morning, the climate activists announced in a press conference. New campaigns are also planned in Berlin. One aims at the "arteries of society", such as transport connections - and "there will continue to be interruptions everywhere," said one of the co-founders of the group, Henning Jeschke. The activists called for people to join the protest.
The threat of prison sentences did not prevent her from carrying out further actions, explained the activist Carla Hinrichs with regard to demands from parts of politics for a nationwide preventive detention for the protesters. In Bavaria, 19 activists were taken into preventive custody after they announced disruptive actions. "We will not be intimidated," said Hinrichs. "The resistance will get stronger. And it won't stop at Christmas either, and it won't stop in the New Year either." The activists want to enforce a 9-euro ticket and a 100 km/h speed limit on motorways.
The "last generation" has recently come under heavy fire because of repeated road blockades and actions, for example at airports and motorways. Leading politicians had criticized the group's actions - including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who described the protest at Berlin's capital airport last week as incomprehensible and highly dangerous. After the blockade, the "Last Generation" had announced a "breather" to "calm the heated spirits a bit," as the activists said.
At the request of the AfD, the Bundestag will discuss "Climate extremism as a danger to state and society" in a current hour in the afternoon. Last Generation co-founder Lea Bonasera has criticized the political attacks as an attempt to delegitimize the protests. It is dangerous for a democracy when politicians give the impression that it is perfect. "We as young people must be allowed to question that," said Bonasera.
