A photograph circulated by the group depicted a protester sitting on the tarmac with an orange banner “oil kills”.
The group is pushing for a binding worldwide accord that may result in an finish in oil, fuel and coal use by 2030.
Transport Minister Volker Wissing condemned the protests Thursday as “felony” motion and demanded robust penalties in opposition to the activists.
“The local weather activists are apparently looking for to result in most harm. The legislators should react with most severity,” he advised German media, calling for jail phrases of as much as 5 years in jail for individuals who storm airports.
“Anybody who violently forces their manner into airports, occupies runways and blocks airplanes is endangering human lives,” he mentioned.
CONCERTED ACTION
Thursday’s protest motion got here a day after related operations throughout a number of European airports.
Activists from Letzte Era disrupted site visitors at Cologne-Bonn airport for a number of hours on Wednesday by glueing themselves on the tarmac.
A number of local weather protesters had been additionally arrested at London’s Heathrow airport.
The protest organisers are a part of the A22 Community of teams dedicated to non-violent local weather protests, which mentioned it was planning to disrupt airports in a number of international locations within the coming months.
Protests had been deliberate in Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, United States and Norway, UK-based activists from the alliance advised AFP earlier in July.
