Greenpeace protests in Berlin against motorway expansion

Greenpeace protests in Berlin against motorway expansion

Published February 27,2023


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Greenpeace activists carried out a rooftop protest towards plans to construct motorways, occupying the roof of the occasion headquarters of Germany’s governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday morning.

There have been round 10 activists on the roof, the Berlin police stated. Two of them rappelled down and hung up a banner that known as for the railways community to be expanded moderately than the roads.

An extra 10 activists from the environmental group wished to exhibit on the bottom, however have been prevented from doing so, based on the police, who have been manning the scene with round 100 officers.

“We are here because the SPD is the tipping point right now when it comes to building new highways in Germany,” Lena Donat of Greenpeace advised dpa on the web site of the protest.

Greenpeace is looking on the SPD to point out its colors and stand by its values and guarantees, she stated. “Building highways is not socially fair,” Donat stated.

Germany is presently ruled by a three-way coalition which incorporates the Green Party and the pro-business FDP alongside the SPD.

Source: www.anews.com.tr