and Jesuit priest He says he prefers to go to prison for payment A fine of 500 euros To participate in the street block from Small activists In Nuremberg, in southern Germany. Reverend Yorg Elst began to spend the prison sentence for about a month on Tuesday in Nuremberg. “Today I start achieving a punishment 25 days of alternative isolation In Nuremberg prison, he said before entering the prison.
“I don’t like to do this, especially since my health is no longer the best in 63 years He drew attention to important issues (such as Climate))“In November, Alt said” as a priest, I have no bank income or account because of my vote for poverty and that I do not want to harm the matter or to pay my brothers a fine. “
Their statements occurred after the superior regional court of Bavaria refused to appeal the minimum court decision and confirmed the ALT penalty Coercion to participate in a protest seat.
After the court’s decision, the authorities have repeatedly requested Alt To pay 500 eurosBefore the fine is finally replaced by the prison sentence for 25 days. The judicial ruling in November was linked to Street mass in August 2022When the Jesuit priest and about 40 activists prevented traffic in Nuremberg and hit his hands to a street in front of the city’s train station to attract climate change.
“Everything may be legal, but it is not fair.”
In recent years there have been many Protests Similar to Germany and other countries, activists try to attract attention to dealing with them Climate. The general and political response of these houses varied on roads.
Although some Germans said that Support the cause of the demonstratorsAlthough they are not their means, activists have also faced angry car drivers and difficult penalties by conservative politicians. German Chancellor, Olaf Schools,He strongly criticized weather activists, “Chiflados” described them as intense protests such as blocking streets or sticking to famous pictures in museums.
Last year, activists from one of the main protest groups announced the last generation, that They were giving up this tactic They will celebrate what they call “difficult associations”.
Alt announced that he also decided Achieving prison sentence Instead of paying the fine “in solidarity with the motivated activists who receive similar treatment from management and justice: everything may be legal, but it is not fair.” This is not the first time that Alt owes its activity. In May 2023, the court also Aden for coercion after participating in a road basin In Munich and ordered him to pay a small fine.
