Public prosecutor’s office is investigating
So far there have been five reports of commotion on Habeck’s ferry
January 10, 2024, 4:40 p.m
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Last week, angry farmers prevented Economics Minister Habeck from disembarking at the Schlüttsiel ferry pier. Scuffles break out between the police officers present and the demonstrators. The Flensburg public prosecutor’s office is now investigating the case.
According to the Flensburg public prosecutor’s office, criminal acts occurred during the escalated protest against Economics Minister Robert Habeck on the North Sea coast. “It is completely undisputed that we have criminal offenses here,” said Senior Public Prosecutor Stephanie Gropp in the Interior and Legal Affairs Committee of the Kiel state parliament. The incident is shocking and five criminal complaints have now been filed.
The first meeting participants have been identified, said the senior public prosecutor. Now criminal acts would have to be assigned to the people. According to the lawyer, it is not yet certain, for example, whether demonstrators with Habeck tried to break through a chain of eight police officers after the ferry left. “It is unclear whether this was really a conscious breakthrough.” Pressure from behind could also have been the trigger.
Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack from the CDU told the committee that the blockade could not be justified. “We will not accept such actions.” The majority of participants behaved predominantly peacefully. However, around ten percent of the up to 350 people behaved emotionally and aggressively. But even those who behaved inconspicuously had crossed a line, because Habeck was traveling privately.
After his return from a private trip to Hallig Hooge, farmers prevented Habeck from getting off a ferry in the port town of Schlüttsiel. According to the shipping company, the ship was almost stormed. The background to the protests was the planned cuts in subsidies for farmers.