German group of climate activists Letzth generation (last generation) They blocked traffic on several axes on Monday berlin to put pressure on Olaf Scholz’s government, an AFP journalist said.

“Us, Last Generation, we block Berlin today in twenty (different) places. We are paralyzing the city so the government can act,” Raphael Thelen, an activist of the movement, said in a video posted to Twitter.

A Berlin police spokesman told AFP he identified protests in 33 branches in the German capital, especially on the ring road where the activists stuck to the asphalt as usual.

Security forces tried to remove the demonstratorsusually dressed in an orange safety vest, sitting in small groups of two or three, sitting cross-legged on the road with their trousers on and their bare hands glued to the asphalt.

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“It is relatively easy to reduce emissions. The richest 10% of people consume in Germany as much energy as the poorest 50%”said Raphael Thelen.

The leader of the Greens group, Britta Hasselmann, expressed doubts about the usefulness of the blockade actions in Berlin. They are “unproductive”, he estimated on the public channel ARD, to mobilize society around the protection of the environment.

The group Última Generación has attracted attention in recent months with various acts of civil disobedience, blocking important roads or throwing various substances on paintings in museums. Hundreds of lawsuits are pending for these actions, which are classified as public order disturbances.

Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has ambitious climate goals, but activists doubt their ability to meet their obligationssuch as producing 80% of electricity from renewable energy by 2030.