That’s why the climate stickers should be classified as a criminal organization

By Gunnar Schupelius

Berlin’s new justice senator Felor Badenberg (non-party, in office for the CDU) is examining whether the “last generation” is a criminal organization. The life and everyday life of people in Berlin are “significantly affected and sometimes endangered” by the climate stickers, she said. It can’t go on like this.

According to the Criminal Code (§ 129), a criminal organization is defined as a group “whose purpose or activity is directed towards the commission of criminal offences”. Anyone who founds a criminal organization or is a member of it faces a prison sentence of up to five years. Supporters face up to three years in prison.

Thus, if the Last Generation group were classified as a criminal organization, membership and support alone would be a criminal offense. That would deter the adhesives and, by the way, also their financiers. The destructive activity on the streets would soon come to an end.

We don’t want to anticipate the senator’s examination, because everything has to be correct. But in the eye of the observer who perceives the blockades and serious damage to property, the “last generation” naturally meets the requirements to be classified as a criminal organization.

This view is already gaining ground in Brandenburg. The Potsdam District Court confirmed the initial suspicion that the “Last Generation” was a criminal organization. The suspicion arose after house searches of several members.

The evidence is still being evaluated. Prime Minister Woidke (SPD) found clear words: There is always “an agreement on criminal offenses”. Now you have to ensure “that law and order are not trampled on”.

There is nothing to add. The climate sticklers go out day after day to commit criminal acts that they carefully prepare and shamelessly announce. They harm other people, deliberately and intentionally.

The Berlin public prosecutor’s office does not want to classify the climate adhesives as a criminal organization, said a spokesman. Because the actions of the “last generation” have so far not been “similar to terrorism and equipped with a certain significance”. But they would have to be in order to meet the criteria.

This argument does not make sense. Because anyone who prevents other people from going about their work and doing the necessary things of everyday life, whoever deliberately prevents them from living their lives, is not yet a terrorist, but is also using a form of violence.