Overview
- Greenpeace activists, who scaled a construction crane next to the Chancellery on Wednesday morning, unfurled a yellow banner reading “Freiheit statt fossile Politik!”.
- Police secured the site and closed a nearby street, then recorded the activists’ identities after they climbed down around 8:40 a.m., and Berlin police opened investigations.
- The protest aimed at a cabinet vote expected the same day on the Klimaschutzprogramm 2026, a legally required plan that sets concrete steps to meet Germany’s 2030 and 2040 climate targets.
- Germany still faces a shortfall of about 42 million tonnes of CO2 cuts each year to stay on track, and Greenpeace’s Mira Jäger said no current measures would close that gap.
- Coverage split on emphasis, with Berliner Morgenpost highlighting Greenpeace’s warning about costly defense projects and Sächsische Zeitung underscoring security lapses at the Chancellery and the policy shortfall.