A police spokesman has confirmed that two activists had hit each other shortly after 8:00 p.m. and, when they detached themselves from the lectern, they were arrested
Members of the environmental activist group Last Generation have glued themselves to an orchestra conductor’s lectern before a classical music concert in the Hamburg Philharmonic concert hall on Wednesday evening.
In a video posted by the group on Twitter, a woman and a man in orange vests can be seen climbing onto the lectern on the stage of the concert hall in the northern German city.
++ Festgeklebt bei Beethoven-Konzert ++
„Wollen wir wirklich unseren Kindern die Lebensgrundlage nehmen, weil es zu bequem ist etwas zu ändern?“
Genau wie es nur ein Violinkonzert von Beethoven gibt, haben wir nur diesen einen Planeten. #Elbphilharmonie pic.twitter.com/d9AzeK8Je5
— Letzte Generation (@AufstandLastGen) November 23, 2022
They then begin to address the public and call for resistance against the climate policies of the German governmentwhich, in the opinion of the activists, are lazy, has reported DPA.
“Just as there is only one Beethoven violin concerto, we only have this planet whose limits we despise so much that the catastrophes related to the climate are becoming more frequent and deadly“, says an activist in the video released by the organization.
He also points out that the Elbphilharmonie, an emblematic building located in the port of Hamburg, would be threatened if the water level continues to rise.
A police spokesman confirmed to the aforementioned agency that two activists had stuck to a railing in the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie shortly after 8:00 p.m.
Later, they came off the railing of the conductor’s rostrum and were arrested.