Overview

• More than 50,000 people took part in protests across 80 German cities against expanded gas infrastructure, according to DPA.
• Fridays For Future organized the nationwide actions as part of a global mobilization linked to the UN General Assembly, with calls to rally in about 70 German cities.
• In Berlin, police reported roughly 3,000 participants versus 4,300 claimed by organizers, and described a peaceful march along a route from Invalidenstraße via Friedrichstraße to Potsdamer Platz.
• Protesters demanded cancellation of new gas-fired power plants and gas extraction near Borkum in the North Sea under the banner “Exit Gas, enter Future.”
• Activists criticized the government’s energy stance, citing planned cuts to renewables subsidies and proposals to add up to 20 GW of new gas capacity by 2030 justified as energy security.