Because of the ferry blockade by angry farmers, the Flensburg public prosecutor’s office is investigating on suspicion of coercion. It will also be checked whether crimes such as resistance to law enforcement officers and breach of the peace have occurred.
After the blockade action against Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck on the North Sea, the Flensburg public prosecutor’s office initiated an investigation on suspicion of coercion. In addition, it will be examined whether there are other crimes such as resistance to law enforcement officers and breach of the peace, said senior public prosecutor Bernd Winterfeldt on Friday. An unknown person is currently being investigated. Spiegel Online had previously reported. Demonstrators prevented Green Party politician Habeck from leaving a ferry in Schlüttsiel in the Nordfriesland district on Thursday. The police reported up to 300 participants in the protest.
Meanwhile, Habeck commented on the incident. He let his spokeswoman say that he would seek talks with the farmers. The Economics Minister wants to hold talks with farmers from the region and at the federal level. “It’s part of his style to speak directly to people,” said the spokeswoman. Habeck had previously thanked the police forces who secured the ship. “I regret that no discussion situation could be established with the farmers.”
Robert Habeck worried about the social climate
Habeck was also concerned about the social climate in Germany. “What worries me, even worries me, is that the mood in the country is heating up so much,” explained the Vice Chancellor. Protesting in Germany is “a valuable asset.” Coercion and violence destroyed this property. “We should counteract this with words and deeds,” demanded Habeck.”
As a minister, my job is to protect the police. Many, many others have to fend off attacks alone and cannot share their uncertainty,” Habeck continued, according to his ministry. They are “the heroes and heroines of democracy.”
Expansion of farmers’ protests from Monday
Despite the federal government’s announcement that it would reverse parts of the cuts in the agricultural sector, farmers want to expand the protests from Monday with targeted traffic disruptions. Commuters therefore have to prepare for regional disruptions in road traffic. The week of action against planned subsidy cuts will primarily include blockades of motorway entrances, rally trips to larger cities and slow-moving convoys, as the state farmers’ associations announced. The actual effects are likely to vary greatly from region to region. The farmers’ association is supported by the freight forwarders’ association BGL during the action week.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior warned against attempts by extreme forces to abuse the farmers’ protests. A spokesman for Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) said in Berlin that it could be assumed that actors from the right-wing extremist spectrum as well as those who wanted to delegitimize the state would try to organize events for their own interests during the protest week instrumentalize. “The aim here is to ensure that such attempts at instrumentalisation by extremists are not caught by clearly distancing the initiators.”
Source: Stern
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