In the run-up to the celebration of the 60th birthday of Lower Austria’s Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP), climate activists caused a road blockade in Klosterneuburg (Tulln district) on Monday morning. According to police spokesman Stefan Loidl, five people from the last generation partially stuck themselves in place (see video above).
“We congratulate the Lower Austrian governor with a street protest in Klosterneuburg to point out her irresponsible climate policy. Please listen to the Climate Council!” wrote the Last Generation on : Warmer air stores more water vapor, which is why extreme weather events will increase.”However, the effectiveness of the protest remained manageable. A diversion was set up and the traffic volume was low, the police said. They were alerted around 8:45 a.m. The officers who were deployed initially left the activists glued. The birthday party for Mikl-Leitner takes place in the afternoon. Numerous guests from politics, business, sport and culture are expected in Klosterneuburg. Prominent well-wishers In the third largest city in Lower Austria, former state governor Erwin Pröll (ÖVP), former federal president Heinz Fischer and Vienna’s mayor Michael Ludwig (both SPÖ), Upper Austria’s state governor Thomas Stelzer will be present (ÖVP) as well as his Burgenland counterpart Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) and Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) will meet.
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