Climate Activists Cause Flights to Stop at German Airports

A German minister has warned that members of Last Generation could face lengthy sentences for ‘dangerous and stupid’ criminal actions.

Parked aircrafts operated by German airline Lufthansa are pictured at Berlin Brandenburg BER airport Willy-Brandt in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images

Climate activists have attempted to block runways at four major German airports, bringing flight operations to a standstill.

On Thursday, the Last Generation (Letzte Generation) group said eight activists were involved in the protests at Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart airports, which started at about 5 a.m.