GERMANY - Thousands of residents in various parts of Germany protested strongly by taking to the streets on Saturday, September 20. They demanded the government to protect citizens from climate damage.
Initiated and organized by Fridays for Future, the protests demand an immediate cessation of all new natural gas projects in Germany.
"While the climate crisis is destroying livelihoods around the world, the German government is actually getting worse," Fridays for Future quoted ANTARA as saying on Sunday, September 21.
According to the group, more than 50 thousand people participated in more than 80 cities in Germany. A total of 4,300 participants were in the capital Berlin and 5,000 in Hamburg. In Munich, police reported around 1,500 demonstrators.
The attacking placards include German Energy Minister Katherina Reiche on her energy policy.
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The central right-wing government coalition consisting of the Christian Democratic and Social Democratic Party aims to build a gas power plant with a capacity of up to 20 gigawatts by 2030.
In an interview with public broadcaster Carla Reemtsma, a spokesman for Fridays for Future, accused the federal government of deliberately troubling residents and sparking climate anti-protection sentiment.
"They actively spread doubts about the feasibility and usefulness of this project, although the consensus is quite clear: We have to stay away from fossil fuels," he said.
"As a former gas lobbyist, Reiche extends a climate-damping and expensive business model," added Reemtsma.
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