In their “Graz week”, the climate activists of the last generation once again paralyzed morning traffic in parts of the Styrian capital on Thursday. The corruption-free city council club (KFG) has now called for tougher action by the administration and even wants to have the use of water cannons checked.
On Thursday morning, this time it was the turn of the right side of the Mur in the center of Graz: on the third day of the series of protests in Graz, glue activists brought traffic to a halt on Kepler Bridge, Tegetthoff Bridge and Augarten Bridge. While, as reported, the city council of Graz, consisting of the KPÖ, the Greens and the SPÖ, is eager to talk to the activists, most of the other groups in the city council of the metropolitan city of Mur are calling for tougher action against the demonstrators.
The discussion about this took on a new dimension with a push from the former FPÖ members of the now corruption-free city council club: according to the KFG, many Grazers already want the use of water cannons to cool down the situation and calm people down. “I can understand these emotions. The legal framework for this should in any case be checked“, Alderman Michael Winter clarifies. “The left-wing city coalition has a duty to finally find clear words against this anti-social form of protest because it endangers people’s lives and safety.”grumbles the KFG man.
KFG city councilor Claudia Schönbacher also sees it this way: “These protests are a major nuisance for businesses, business people and anyone commuting to Graz. It cannot be the case that they all suffer great losses at the expense of a few fanatics.’ Water cannons were not necessary on Thursday to cool things down – it was raining cats and dogs in Graz, so the police had the ‘unannounced meetings’. quickly resolved.
Source: Krone
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