Members of climate activist group The Last Generation defaced artwork outside the German Parliament on Saturday, splashing it with a dark liquid resembling oil.
Climate activists of the"Last Generation" attend a protest at the Jakob-Kaiser-Building in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Climate activists on Saturday splashed a dark liquid over an artwork near the German parliament building engraved with key articles from the country's constitution, drawing condemnation from the speaker of parliament and other lawmakers.
The artwork, created by Israeli artist Dani Karavan, was on display outside the German Parliament and is meant to convey the importance ofThe group said in a statement that the German government was not protecting citizens'"fundamental rights" due to the country's continued use of fossil fuels. The vandalism drew strong criticism from German officials, who questioned the message being sent by the act.
"Those are the fundamental rights on which the demonstrators from Last Generation themselves base the justification for their actions," Parliament Speaker Bärbel Bas said in a statement."I can only hope that the glass plates of the artwork were not permanently damaged."The glass artwork was cleaned up by the afternoon.
The Last Generation is only one of multiple climate activism groups that have demanded media attention in the last few months byTimothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at [email protected] Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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