Following similar actions last month, climate activists in Germany briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport on Thursday to protest the impact of air travel as “the latest climate killer”.
Members of the Letzte Generation, or Last Generation, group said that some of its members had glued themselves to the tarmac there and that others had entered the Berlin airport area.
While a Munich airport spokesman confirmed to the Associated Press that the north runway was briefly closed and the hijacking of planes caused short delays, a Berlin airport spokesman said a police operation was underway. but that air traffic was not sought.
Photos showed police officers attempting to remove some of the activists from the streets, and images posted to the activists’ Twitter account later showed members holding placards blocking city streets.
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A federal police officer tries to remove a “last generation” activist from a street at BER airport in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.
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Last Generation said in a statement that local law enforcement had been notified of the protest shortly before entering the premises.
“We are always ready for constructive talks, as we did yesterday with the Bavarian Interior Minister. But what we need in the face of the looming climate hell are actions and not just empty words,” spokeswoman Aimée van Baalen said.
The last of four climate activists sits with his hand glued to the siding of a runway at Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport in Munich, Germany on Thursday, December 8, 2022.
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The group also said four members were in prison in Bavaria and had been “taken into custody without trial”.
A federal police officer tries to remove a “last generation” activist from a street at BER airport in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.
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In November, Last Generation staged a similar protest at Berlin Brandenberg Airport and around 13 flights were forced to reroute or divert their routes.
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Earlier this year, climate protesters targeted famous works of art, took to highways to halt traffic, and poured milk on store floors to fight for environmental justice.
Timothy Nerozzi of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
