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The German climate activist Anja Windl, who is threatened with expulsion, also took part in the protest. Already on Easter Monday, the activists had written an email to the Mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr (KPÖ), asking for an interview and depositing their demands.
The Opernring, Franz-Graf-Allee and Mandellstraße were affected by the roadblocks caused by people sticking to zebra crossings on Tuesday around 8 a.m. The unannounced gathering was broken up by the police. The traffic disruption lasted until around 9:30 a.m.
The last generation has announced its protest action for the Tuesday after Easter at the end of March, without naming a specific location: The Graz city government was asked to “stand in solidarity behind the demands of the last generation. The first talks have taken place and a constructive basis for negotiations seems to exist. Therefore, as soon as the negotiations lead to success, we will suspend the protests in Graz until further notice,” it said.
On Easter Monday, the activists wrote an email to Mayor Elke Kahr, among others, asking for an interview and depositing their demands. These include the implementation of the recommendations of the climate council, a speed limit of 100 km/h on motorways and a ban on all new oil and gas drilling in Austria. When asked by the APA, Kahr’s office said that contact had been made with the activists of the last generation and that there was also a discussion with environmental councilor and deputy mayor Judith Schwentner (Greens). There should be a conversation with the activists “promptly”.
FPÖ state party secretary LAB Stefan Hermann called for tough action by broadcast. The strategy of “putting politics under pressure with dangerous traffic blockades and the associated tying up of police forces is absolutely unacceptable”, instead “the rule of law must fight back with all its might”.
Source: Nachrichten
