Climate activists block streets in Berlin again

Despite many debates and strong criticism, climate protection demonstrators have continued their road blockades in Berlin. They sat down on Monday morning at four intersections in different parts of the city, a police spokeswoman said. Some of them stuck too.

There were long traffic jams. According to the police, there were physical altercations between motorists and blockers on Frankfurter Allee at the Ringcenter in Friedrichshain.

Puschkinallee at Elsenbrücke in Treptow and Bornholmer Strasse at Schönhauser Allee in Pankow were also blocked. At Bundesplatz, some demonstrators climbed onto gantries.

The Last Generation protest group told me some of their people wore black and white striped prison garb to protest demonstrators in Munich being jailed over repeated blockades. They demanded more measures from the federal government to combat climate change.

The group had blocked streets almost every day for the past few weeks. There was strong criticism when a special vehicle from the Berlin fire brigade got stuck in a traffic jam during a blockade on October 31. The vehicle was intended to help rescue a critically injured cyclist. The woman died a few days later. Numerous politicians are calling for tougher action against the blockers, and the activists have been attacked on the Internet.

The fire brigade had initially announced that the rescue of the woman had been delayed because the special vehicle was stuck in traffic. According to a newspaper report, according to the on-site emergency doctor, the fact that the fire engine was not available had no effect on the rescue of the cyclist.

Police and public prosecutors continue to investigate the accident and the question of guilt as well as the course of the rescue measures. It is also about a possible allegation of disability of persons providing assistance.

While the protests of the so-called climate activists are becoming more and more radical, the pressure on the federal government to act on the issue of climate change is also increasing. At the forthcoming world climate conference COP 27 in Egypt, they now want to join forces for international climate protection.

Source: WORLD / Isabel Finzel