Overview

• Organizers reported more than 50,000 participants nationwide in over 80 cities, while police cited lower figures in places such as Berlin (3,000 vs. 4,300 claimed) and Hamburg (2,500 vs. 5,000).
• Demonstrations were largely peaceful according to police, though local transport was affected, including tram reroutes in Dresden and advance warnings of restrictions along set routes in Leipzig.
• Protesters demanded an immediate halt to new gas projects and a full gas phase‑out, singling out One‑Dyas’s planned drilling near Borkum that Fridays for Future says could release up to 65 million tonnes of CO2.
• Turnout varied widely across cities, with crowds in the hundreds in Braunschweig, Hannover and Göttingen, around 3,000 in Frankfurt, and only several dozen in Düsseldorf.
• The rallies responded to the government’s recent energy pivot under Economics Minister Katherina Reiche, including scaled‑back renewable targets and plans for up to 20 gigawatts of new gas plants by 2030, which activists labeled a "gas binge."