Berlin's Brandenburg Gate spray-painted by climate activists
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[September 18, 2023]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Climate activists sprayed orange and yellow
paint on the columns of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Sunday to
push demands for a stop to the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
"Members of the so-called 'Last Generation' sprayed the columns on the
east side of the Brandenburg Gate with orange paint from fire
extinguishers during the morning," Berlin police said on X, formerly
known as Twitter. |
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Police cordon off the area after Last Generation ("Letzte Generation")
climate activists threw paint on the columns of the Brandenburg Gate in
Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Swantje Stein |
It
added that police officers noticed a hydraulic lift was being
operated at the gate and they kept the protesters from scaling
the landmark building. They arrested all 14 protesters at the
site and launched an investigation into property damage.
The Last Generation, a Germany-based group within the
Europe-wide A22 network that includes Britain's Just Stop Oil,
has made headlines in Germany with hundreds of road blocks by
protesters who glued themselves to the tarmac.
Their action has triggered a law-enforcement crackdown by
Germany's federal states.
The Last Generation posted pictures of the spray-painting on X.
"We will not stop our protest unless a pivot is initiated. We
have to exit oil, natural gas and coal by 2030 at the latest,"
it said.
Germany aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2045, but it missed
annual targets for the last two years.
(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Christina Fincher)
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