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The eight climate activists cut the fence of the Berlin Brandenburg airport in the German capital Berlin with nippers on Friday afternoon. They move around the airport on bicycles, approach a blue private jet. They are prepared, have fire extinguishers with them. These are filled with orange color. Two activists waste no time: they immediately start spraying. They manage to turn one side of the plane almost entirely orange before airport security stops them.
Climate activists of the last generation shared a video of their action on social media on Friday. Her statement on Twitter: “Consolation to some, death sentence to others – we have flagged an extremely dangerous object at BER Airport. The excessive luxury of the super-rich comes at the expense of the majority, and we must not tolerate that for another day.”
“Don’t Rich The First To Suffer”
“Our color campaign turned private jets from a symbol of excess luxury into a warning against the relentless climate devastation that a minority of the super-rich are doing at the expense of the majority,” activist Mirjam Herrmann explained in a statement. divided by the last generation.
She explained her motivation for the protest as follows: “As we ponder shower times, turn the heating down a notch, the super-rich relax and burn massive amounts of duty-free kerosene at cruising altitude. The rich are not the first to suffer as the climate crisis makes basic foods more expensive and prefabricated buildings become so hot that you almost get heat stroke.” It cannot be the case that the biggest spenders and polluters continue to increase their emissions at the expense of the majority.
State Criminal Police Office determined
An airport spokeswoman told the “BZ” that the action had no impact on flight operations. Police arrested six of the eight activists. The National Criminal Investigation Department in the German state of Brandenburg has launched an investigation into material damage and violation of public order. It is still unclear whether the public prosecutor’s office will issue arrest warrants against the activists.
The last generation attracts attention time and time again with a large number of protest actions. The group calls on politicians to take more decisive action against the climate crisis. In mid-April, the last generation announced their intention to block Berlin until politicians acceded to their demands. (nad)
Source: Blick
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