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Demo in Berlin and Dresden after attacks on politicians

The SPD politician Ecke was attacked and injured while hanging up election posters in Dresden. In Dresden and Berlin, thousands of people take to the streets in solidarity with those attacked. After the attack on SPD politician Matthias Ecke, thousands of people demonstrated for democracy and against violence in Dresden and Berlin. In Dresden, around […]

Theodor Schnarr wants unrest in parliament

Until now, the “Last Generation” was known for road blockades with which they wanted to draw attention to climate change. Now the movement is taking part in the European elections. She wants to disrupt things there too. The “Last Generation” has been very polarizing in the past two years. The activists’ disruptive actions and the […]

Art campaign by Fridays for Future in Berlin

Instead of a large climate demonstration, the activists from Fridays for Future are putting on an art event in the middle of Berlin. They are supported by climate and democracy researchers. The Fridays for Future movement drew attention to climate protection and the European elections with an art campaign in Berlin. On a bridge there […]

Activists on the climate hunger strike appeal to Scholz

Climate activists believe that there is not enough talk about the facts and consequences of global warming. Two of them are on hunger strike at the Chancellery. One says: “I am ready to die.” After 30 days of hunger strike, an activist in Berlin once again appealed to Chancellor Olaf Scholz to publicly commit to […]

Lindner insists on debt brake – criticism from activists

Every question is allowed, said Lindner at the beginning of a citizens’ dialogue in Essen. When climate activists loudly criticized him, he put the room to a vote on the choice of topics – and won. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner insists on compliance with the debt brake in Germany. At a citizens’ dialogue in […]

Trial against climate activists collapsed after color attack

There was great outrage after the paint attack on the Brandenburg Gate and the cleaning work took a long time. However, an initial trial against climate activists does not go far. The first criminal trial after the paint attack on the Brandenburg Gate initially failed. The Tiergarten district court has suspended proceedings against two 20 […]

Climate activists protest with blockades without glue

There is no sticking, but traffic is still hindered: Last generation activists have become active in several cities. The Last Generation group has again demonstrated for more climate protection with road blockades in several places in Germany. Unlike previous campaigns, the participants did not become stuck. According to police, around 130 participants in Berlin blocked […]

Climate activists overcome important hurdle for European elections

The last generation of climate activists want to take part in the European elections. According to their own statements, they now have enough supporters to do this. The climate protest group Last Generation says it has overcome a hurdle in its candidacy for the European elections. In the past four weeks, 8,800 signatures from supporters […]

Color attack on the Brandenburg Gate: lawsuit against activists

The paint attack on the iconic Brandenburg Gate made headlines – and sparked outrage. Now the state of Berlin wants to ask climate activists from the group Last Generation to pay. Around five months after the paint attack on the Brandenburg Gate, the state of Berlin is demanding around 142,000 euros from the climate activists. […]

Climate activists want to found a party – until the European elections

So far, the group has been known primarily for blockade actions. Now the activists want to set up their own party. The protest group Last Generation wants to run in the 2024 European elections. This was announced by spokeswoman Carla Hinrichs. “Now we want to bring our resistance from the streets into parliament,” said Hinrichs […]