Climate change alarmists have become increasingly radical across parts of Europe in recent months, taking more and more extreme measures to make their point.
Earlier this week, climate extremists took credit for an arson attack on two vehicles in Munich at a local car dealership, setting two brand new SUVs on fire, one of which was, ironically, an electric vehicle.
According to a report from the newspaper Die Welt, the extremists took credit for the arson attack online on the Antifa-linked web platform Indymedia, claiming it was a ”first reaction” to the way the German state handled recent climate change protests.
The attack took place at around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, June 10th, in the Westend district at a BMW dealership. Two BMW X5 vehicles were set ablaze, with the fire nearly spreading to a nearby building, where several glass panes on a stairwell melted. Firefighters who arrived on the scene extinguished the blaze.
Calling the arson attacks “early retirements” the anonymous extremists stated, “with this action, we send flaming greetings in particular to the activists who have been put on trial in recent months for power plant blockades and some of whom are to be sentenced to several months in prison.”
The extremists added:
BMW is one of the major car manufacturers and launched the SUV concept many years ago. The plans for a large battery plant near Munich make us puke. The production of more and more lithium batteries for e-mobility has devastating consequences for the countries of the Global South, where the raw materials needed are being dug up, including land grabbing, environmental destruction and murderous persecution against those who stand in the way of this madness.
The arsonists also slammed the German climate extremist group Last Generation, known throughout Germany for stunts where activists have glued themselves to various places and objects.
On Thursday, July 13th, members of the Last Generation glued themselves to runways at airports in Hamburg and Düsseldorf after breaking onto the tarmac, disrupting flights for travellers.
According to Euronews, dozens of flights were cancelled due to the stunt, and arriving planes were diverted to other airports.
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing slammed the actions of the group saying, “The Last Generation isn’t protecting the climate, they’re engaged in criminal activity.”
Members of the Last Generation were subjected to nationwide raids earlier this year in May, targeting seven individuals for “forming or supporting a criminal organisation.”
Violence in the name of climate activism has also become more and more common in France in recent months, with the French government dissolving the climate extremist group Les Soulèvements de la Terre (Earth Uprising) earlier this year after members had clashed violently with police.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin labelled the group “eco-terrorists” after hundreds were left injured when extremists clashed with police in March over the building of a dam in Sainte-Soline, including two people who were left in a coma as a result of the violence.
Despite the violence, the group has high-profile supporters within the climate change movement, including Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who visited France shortly after the government dissolved the group, expressing her support.
“It’s a question of the right to protest and the defence of life,” Thunberg said last month and added, “I hope more people will mobilise against what is happening right now, and defend the right to protest.”
