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Fridays for Future Stages Nationwide Protests Against Germany’s Gas Push

The actions respond to a government pivot toward new gas projects over scaled-back renewable targets.

Fridays for Future hat für Freitag zu einer Demo in der Hamburger Innenstadt aufgerufen. (Archivbild).
Zahlreiche Menschen mit Schildern und Transparenten nehmen an der Demonstration von Fridays for Future teil.
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Overview

  • Fridays for Future is holding coordinated #ExitGasEnterFuture events in more than 70 German cities on Saturday as the movement leans on localized, image-driven actions after lower turnouts in recent years.
  • The campaign targets a course change announced by the federal government that cuts renewable expansion goals, backs new gas-fired power plants, and supports North Sea gas extraction near Borkum.
  • Leipzig authorities permitted a Friday march with about 1,000 registered and scheduled a larger Saturday procession of up to 2,000 participants with ten trucks on designated inner-city routes.
  • In Duisburg, police registered a central rally at König-Heinrich-Platz from 14:00 to 15:30 with roughly 50 expected and a planned ground display spelling “STOP GAS!”.
  • Hamburg planned a climate march of about 1,000 alongside a separate Gaza-related protest of roughly 2,000 during an HSV home match, with police advising drivers to avoid the city center.