Environmental activists from the group ‘Last Generation’ have stuck to the asphalt at two major transport hubs in Germany’s capital Berlin and the city of Munich on Monday to bring traffic to a standstill as part of a series of activities to protest against the lack of measures to tackle climate change.
Berlin police said that five people have stuck to the pavement in front of the German capital’s central train station, while two other similar protests took place in the city center, German news agency DPA reported.
A spokesman for the Munich police said that the protest took place in Karlplatz square, causing a traffic diversion, and added that nine people took part in it. He said that the activists were wearing fluorescent vests and carrying banners.
‘Last Generation’ had announced for this week new and intense disruptive actions that would target urban transport hubs. Recently, the activists blocked roads and streets, damaged works of art and even paralyzed air traffic at Berlin airport.
Herbert Reul, interior minister of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, stressed earlier in the day that the activists had «crossed a line,» before telling Deutschlandfunk radio station that «the state cannot just watch and let it happen.» Among other things, the group is demanding a speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour on freeways and a nine-euro-per-month train ticket that can be used throughout Germany.
