Following police raids against the Last Generation movement, Saskia Esken from Germany's ruling SPD party warned against using heavy-handed tactics on climate protesters.
EDnews informs via DW that one of two top leaders of Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) warned Sunday against clamping down too hard on climate activists that have staged disruptive protests in recent months.
Members of the Last Generation movement have glued themselves to roads, abseiled from motorway bridges and thrown food at a painting by Claude Monet, among other widely-publicized stunts.
On Wednesday, police carried out nationwide raids targeting members of the group.