German police conduct raids on climate activists as impatience mounts
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Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) activist Ester Goffi arrives at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, where she is on trial with other two activists for having staged a protest in August inside the Vatican Museums during which they glued their hands to the base of one of the ancient sculpture, the Laocoon, and face up to three years and 3,000 euros in fines, according to Ultima Generazione. Authorities raided 15 properties across Germany on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 and seized assets in an investigation into the financing of protests by the Last Generation climate activist group, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Protestors attend a demonstration of the climate protest group 'Letzte Generation', 'Last Generation' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Posters read: 'Destroy livelihoods - completely crazy.' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Protestors attend a demonstration of the climate protest group "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Posters read: 'Last generation at the tipping point' and 'Destroy livelihoods - completely crazy'. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Protestors attend a demonstration of the climate protest group 'Letzte Generation', 'Last Generation' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Posters read: 'Last generation at the tipping point' and 'Destroy livelihoods - completely crazy.' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Protestors attend a demonstration of the climate protest group 'Letzte Generation', 'Last Generation' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Posters read: 'Last generation at the tipping point' and 'Destroy livelihoods - completely crazy.' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Police officers use hammers and chisels to remove a climate activist who has glued himself to a road during a climate protest in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)A climate activist shows his hand, covered with asphalt, after policers remove is hand with hammer and chisel from a road in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Protestors attend a demonstration of the climate protest group 'Letzte Generation', 'Last Generation' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Posters read: 'Last generation at the tipping point' and 'Destroy livelihoods - completely crazy.' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)From right, Steve Rauhut, Aimee van Baalen, Marion Fabian and Joel Schmitt attend a news conference of the climate protest organization 'Letzte Generation' (Last Generation) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)From right, Steve Rauhut, Aimee van Baalen, Marion Fabian and Joel Schmitt attend a news conference of the climate protest organization 'Letzte Generation' (Last Generation) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Aimee van Baalen poses for a photo after a news conference of the climate protest organzization 'Letzte Generation' (Last Generation) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) activist Ester Goffi arrives at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, where she is on trial with other two activists for having staged a protest in August inside the Vatican Museums during which they glued their hands to the base of one of the ancient sculpture, the Laocoon, and face up to three years and 3,000 euros in fines, according to Ultima Generazione. Authorities raided 15 properties across Germany on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 and seized assets in an investigation into the financing of protests by the Last Generation climate activist group, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
