CLIMATE PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT TRAFFIC IN BERLIN.
ON MONDAY, THE GERMAN CLIMATE ACTIVISTS OF LAST GENERATION SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO A HALT BY GLUEING THEMSELVES TO THE ROADS OF BERLIN AND SUBSEQUENTLY MARCHING SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WITH THE HELP OF 500 POLICE OFFICERS, THEY MANAGED TO CAUSE TRAFFIC JAMS ON MAJOR ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND EVEN SOME OUTER NEIGHBOURHOODS.
DESPITE WARNINGS FROM OFFICIALS, SOME PEOPLE RESORTED TO VIOLENCE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE PROTESTERS AND IT TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL TO DETACH THEM DUE TO THEIR USAGE OF A NEW GLUE.
LAST GENERATION IS DEMANDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO STOP CARBON EMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SPEED LIMIT OF 100 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ON HIGHWAYS, AND THE END OF FOSSIL FUEL USE BY 2030.
STEFFEN HEBESTREIT, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT, DECLARED ON MONDAY THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN MORE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE THAN ANY OTHER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
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