Climate activists spray traffic light party headquarters

Climate activists from the "Last Generation" initiative sprayed large areas of the party headquarters of the SPD, Greens and FDP with orange paint in Berlin on Wednesday morning. In addition, individual activists had glued themselves to house facades, said a police spokeswoman in Berlin when asked by the Evangelical Press Service (epd).

Banners said, among other things, "What if the government doesn't have this under control". The initiative explained on Twitter: “We are spraying the Berlin headquarters of the SPD, Greens and FDP because the traffic light has no plan against them

The federal office of the Greens on the square in front of the New Gate, the SPD party headquarters in Wilhelmstrasse and the FDP federal office in Reinhardstrasse were affected. In the past few weeks, the “Last Generation” has drawn attention to their concerns, above all with road and motorway blockades. Because of the possible obstruction of rescue vehicles, it is therefore criticized. In addition, activists in museums threw tomato soup or mashed potatoes at famous paintings and glued themselves in front of them.

The federal government accuses the initiative of not recognizing the danger of climate collapse: “We live in a country in which science and its research are simply ignored.” The parties are losing “control over all of our survival. They are leading the populace on a deadly course," one tweet said.

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