Environmental activists paralyzed the work of Germany's largest airport (3 photos)

Airlines had to delay more than 140 flights.





Environmental activists from the Letzte Generation (“Last Generation”) movement paralyzed the work of Frankfurt am Main airport, the largest airport in Germany by passenger traffic, for several hours.

Despite promises from members of the organization to switch to “peaceful and civil resistance” and not to stage shows at airports, environmental activists have once again glued themselves to the runway. While the police were peeling them off the asphalt, the airport had to delay more than 140 flights.



It is noted that six traffic participants made their way onto the airport territory. During the protest, they demanded that the country's government "help formulate and sign a legally binding international agreement that governs the global phase-out of oil, gas and coal by 2030." Today's action, according to media reports, is part of an international protest campaign aimed at eliminating fossil fuels by 2030.

As part of this action, on July 24, several members of the “Last Generation” also disrupted the work of the airport in Cologne. Members of the organization said they would hold similar protests for several weeks to disrupt airports around the world.



Let us recall that in mid-December last year, the largest German airline Lufthansa demanded that environmental activists pay pre-trial damages in the amount of 740 thousand euros. A month later, the Last Generation promised to no longer harm ordinary citizens by blocking public roads and runways. However, they did not last long.