Members of the Last Generation movement have been accused of disrupting the work of socially important businesses after attacks on refineries and actions at airports.
The German police on the morning of Tuesday, December 13, conducted searches on several lands in the apartments of eco-activists from the movement latest generationfighting for climate protection.
The prosecutor’s office launched an investigation against 11 activists. Five of them are in custody, according to the movement. They are accused of disrupting the work of important social enterprises, and are also being investigated for the possible creation of a criminal organization.
The main reason, according to the media, is some actions taken the latest generation at the PCK refinery in Schwedt (Brandenburg). In particular, members of the movement penetrated the area of pumping stations and blocked the supply of oil.
latest generation called the searches an attempt to intimidate authorities. Representatives of the movement wrote on Twitter that the real problem is not their actions, but the actions of the government in the fight against the climate crisis.
Most Germans do not support the actions of radical eco-activists
In addition to attacks on refineries, activists latest generation poured food on masterpieces of art in museums, and also glued themselves, including asphalt on city streets and airport runways.
Thus, at the end of November, air traffic at Berlin’s air harbor was temporarily paralyzed. Activists explained this by wanting to shake up German society.
The actions of radical eco-activists do not find support among the majority of Germans. Politicians also criticized them almost unanimously: for example, the deputy leader of the “green” group in the Bundestag, Konstantin von Notz, called the activity. latest generation “counterproductive, outrageous and potentially dangerous.”
Environmental activists have been reported earlier latest generation poured mashed potatoes over a Monet painting in the Potsdam Museum, and also splashed black liquid on a Klimt painting in Vienna.
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