After Stop on the power supply at the car manufacturer Tesla According to Brandenburg’s Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach (67, SPD), production at the plant in Grünheide near Berlin will start earlier than last announced. “Today it looks like it won’t take until the end of the week, but that the power supply can be restored sooner,” said Steinbach on Monday morning on RBB Inforadio. Previously it was said that production would not start again until the end of this week. The RBB reported on Monday, citing the electricity network operator Edis, that production could start again on Monday evening. Steinbach praised the companies involved, who had “worked in three shifts”.
“Agitation against Tesla”
At the same time, he criticized demonstrations against one planned expansion of the electric car factory, which also happened again at the weekend. “This worries me because it was clearly evident that there was demonstration tourism,” said the minister. “We also experience this at the camp, where people from Lower Saxony, from Lützerath, from Hambacher Forst are there. At the moment, this whole thing is being hijacked from outside.” That shouldn’t be in the interests of the residents.
False arguments against Tesla continue to be used. “Those who are protesting there at the moment should then tell their fellow human beings very clearly that they want to continue to see increased truck traffic.” In addition to the existing 300-hectare factory site, the electric car manufacturer wants a freight yard, warehouses and a Establish a company kindergarten.
Several arrests at demonstration
Environmental activists demonstrated on Sunday in Grünheide against the expansion plans, accompanied by police forces. The police filed five criminal charges during the demonstration. The security authorities took action against three people because participants at the “Tesla No Thanks” demonstration were masked, a police spokesman said in the evening. The “Turn off the tap from Tesla” alliance organized the protest demonstration, which, according to a spokeswoman, was attended by more than 1,000 participants.
One person is said to have given the banned Hitler salute to a group of protesters. The police are also investigating suspicions of grievous bodily harm. According to initial findings, a man and his partner from the group of an environmental initiative were injured with a club, as the spokesman said. Overall, the gatherings in Grünheide remained largely peaceful.
The Tesla settlement also received support over the weekend: some residents who support the company also took to the streets. At times there was verbal friction between the two demonstration camps.
In addition, it lasts Occupying a forest area not far from the factory for more than ten days. On Monday, Steinbach spoke out in favor of not extending the camp’s toleration beyond the middle of the month.