A gala dinner as part of the gas conference at Vienna’s Palais Ferstl was disrupted on Tuesday evening: in the middle of the event, a woman jumped out and shouted slogans – when she was taken out of the ballroom, another activist was there to also raise her concerns loudly about the draw attention.
The activists who infiltrated the event waited undercover at the Marriott Hotel for hours before “private buses, led by an entourage of police officers, took them to a top secret location,” We small Gas wrote on Twitter. While the high-ranking guests toasted with champagne, an activist finally spoke.
Activist: “You’re filling your pockets, at what cost?”
“While you bring in billions of dollars in business, people can’t afford to heat their homes or feed their families. You’re lining your pockets, at what cost?” the activist yelled. She was quickly grabbed by guards and the ballroom dragged out, but by then another woman had sprung up: “Your gas and hydrogen plans are encouraging racist, neo-colonial relations!” she denounced, and she, too, was seized and taken out of the room.
Wednesday is already day 3 of the climate protests on the occasion of the controversial European Gas Conference in the center of Vienna. Thousands of participants gathered on the Wiener Ring on Tuesday to demonstrate – many of them activists from abroad. On Wednesday, paint attacks were carried out on a total of six Viennese fountains. Activists demand an immediate halt to new gas exploration and infrastructure projects. In addition, Europe must become independent of fossil gas by 2035 and rely instead on renewable energy sources.
Source: Krone
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