“Merkel supports young people klimatprotester”
“German chancellor, Angela Merkel, to support students who, like the Swedish Greta Thunberg skolstrejkar for the climate, but calls at the same time to the patient.”
” I welcome the fact that young people, school children, demonstrates and requires that we must do something fast about climate change. I believe that it is a very good initiative, ” says Merkel in a videobudskap on its official website, according to the BBC.”
“But there remain many steps to the total decommissioning of coal in Germany, scheduled for 2038,” added Merkel:”
“– For the students it may seem like very far, but it is a big challenge for us, so I ask them if the understanding.”
“Merkel’s speech was recorded at the same time as Greta Thunberg was in Germany on Friday to demonstrate with thousands of young people in Hamburg. Skolstrejkerna on Fridays criticized, however, by regional and local school authorities.”
