Overview
- A group called Peacefully Against Genocide staged a glue-on protest to block access to a Rheinmetall office at Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate on Monday, and police intervened before the adhesive fully dried.
- Authorities deployed about 70 officers, removed glued protesters gradually, checked identities and issued Platzverweise that are valid through July 15.
- Greta Thunberg took part in the action without gluing herself and was among those given a Platzverweis by Berlin police.
- Police warned repeat offenders face an Ordnungsgeld of €500 and said unpaid fines could be enforced with Beugehaft, a coercive detention used to secure payment.
- Organizers have run multi-day protests around Rheinmetall since early July and say they will continue beyond July 15, raising tensions over German arms exports and prompting calls for faster administrative and technical handling of disruptive direct actions.