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Added on the 12/01/2023 19:12:10 - Copyright : Euronews EN
German police officers begin removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures after they embarked on an operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels. Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, has been turned over to around 2,000 anti-coal activists who are trying to prevent the site from being dug up for coal. IMAGES
Trial resumes for Benoit Feuillu and four other alleged organisers of two banned demonstrations in western rural France. The activists argue they fight to preserve water and are opposing large artificials reservoirs or "bassines" which they see as a way to monopolise water resources for the farming industry. in October 2022 and specially, in March 2023, the protests turned into violent clashes with police with many protesters injured. SOUNDBITE
Berlin, May 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Filip Singer) Dozens of environmental activists protested on Wednesday in front of the German Chancellery during the Council of Ministers, after the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the country's climate change program does not offer enough measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions until 2031. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN BERLIN
Madrid, Mar 26 (EFE), (Camera: Raúl García Cabo).- Police on Friday dispersed a group of members of Extinction Rebellion during a climate protest in Madrid demanding a citizens' assembly for the climate. FOOTAGE OF ACTIVISTS AND POLICE DURING THE PROTEST ON FRIDAY IN MADRID.
Berlin, Apr 24 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Filip Singer).- Members of the youth organization Fridays for Future gathered outside the German Parliament in Berlin. FOOTAGE OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT ON FRIDAY.
Thousands of European climate activists gather to blockade a huge German open-cast coal mine and plant in a campaign of non-violent mass civil disobedience. IMAGES of protesters