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Activists chain themselves to RWE headquarters

Activists chain themselves to RWE headquarters

Climate activists have blocked access to the headquarters of the energy company RWE to support the protest in the lignite village of Lützerath. RWE did not want to comment on the action. Nobody can pass the driveway at the moment.

While the clearing in the brown coal village of Lützerath is progressing rapidly, around 25 to 30 climate activists occupied the entrance to the headquarters of the energy company RWE in Essen on Friday. According to an activist spokesman, three of them chained themselves to a roller shutter with bicycle locks. They carried signs with inscriptions such as “Lützi stays” and “Lützerath moratorium”. The town of Lützerath, which belongs to Erkelenz in the Rhineland, is currently being cleared and demolished by the police so that RWE can excavate the coal underneath.

RWE does not want to comment on the action

The action is to be continued in Essen until the evacuation of Lützerath is stopped, said the spokesman, who, in his own words, belongs to the “Last Generation” group. RWE has been manipulating the German public and politicians for many years with false numbers, most recently again with the question of whether the coal lying under Lützerath is really necessary to maintain the energy supply. An RWE spokesman declined to comment on the action.

A spokesman for the Essen police said that the action currently makes it impossible to pass through the entrance. The activists sprayed the words “Lützerath stays” on the ground. A house wall was also sprayed. In this context, the police are investigating the suspicion of property damage. In addition, they are investigating whether there has been a violation of the right to assembly, since the demonstration had not been registered.

Source: Stern

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