This morning, three “Last Generation” activists briefly blocked the morning traffic on Hafenstrasse. They glued themselves to the exit of the A7 to protest against 100 km/h on the motorway. The path is now open again. Mayor Klaus Luger (SPÖ) and city councilor Michael Raml (FPÖ) are now calling on the federal government for changes to the law so that young people can be asked to pay compensation. Deputy Mayor Martin Hajart (ÖVP) even wants a 30-day pre-trial detention, similar to Bavaria.
LINZ. Three climate activists also blocked advance traffic in Linz today. Around eight o’clock, a video was posted on the Twitter channel of the climate protection movement “Last Generation”. Two of them got stuck in Hafenstrasse off the A7. After the police arrived, traffic had to be stopped for a short time. After about 15 minutes the operation was finished. All three are displayed.
Luger and Raml call for tough sanctions for climate protection
Mayor Klaus Luger (SPÖ) expresses harsh words of criticism and calls on the federal government to amend the law quickly: “This climate chaos knowingly causes and wants to paralyze our lives in the short term. This is an intolerable provocation from a misguided minority. Criminal law needs to be tightened up here because such activities are rampant. Both prison sentences and claims for damages must be regulated by law.
The request of FPÖ city councilor Michael Raml is very similar: “There is only one obvious handle against such actions: those who provoke them must bear the responsibility and costs for economic damages and police operations.”
Hajart calls for preventive prison sentences
Deputy Mayor Martin Hajart (ÖVP) goes one step further. He points to Bavaria, where penalties have been drastically tightened and anyone who blocks a road risks 30 days of preventive detention. “Calm has returned to Bavaria,” Hajart said.
