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Two injured people
Two people were injured during the afternoon demonstration in the center of Bern. A police officer and a participant in the demonstration had to be taken to hospital, according to the Bern Canton Police.
The protesters tried to move to Bundesplatz, the police prevented them. Despite the attempted dialogue, no agreement could be reached, the police write. As a result, “several times water cannons and rubber pellets had to be used,” the message says. It was also used irritant.
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Unchanged situation at Bundesplatz at 8pm.
There are choirs, individual instruments are heard, there are many people: these activists do not move an inch. Buses pass at regular intervals in front of the Federal Palace, the police are present. But nothing happens. The deadline for the city of Bern has officially expired.
Leonie Marti / SRF
“It doesn’t look like a voluntary eviction”
In the course of the afternoon, more and more people attended the demonstration on the Bundesplatz. It doesn’t look like a voluntary eviction, says Berne correspondent Mirjam Spreiter. “The city of Bern has to put up with the accusation that it is doing nothing.” The pressure from parliament is great. The illegal occupation must be evacuated. “An evacuation is not expected here early in the evening,” says Spreiter, “if it is, then earlier in the morning.”
“There are no more negotiations”
The city of Bern made several offers to the activists where they could demonstrate in place of the Bundesplatz. This should remain free during the session. If there is no evacuation around 7/8 pm, this will be understood as a failure of the negotiations, according to the city council.
“Now there are no more negotiations,” security director Reto Nause tells Radio SRF. Still, the city failed to enforce the first ultimatum. “Now it is in his own hands.” Nausea does not say what happens if the space is not cleared: “I don’t want to speculate.”
Currently, the local police are marking their presence. The activists are still there too. The negotiations appear to have failed.
Another term will pass shortly
The city of Bern set a second deadline for the climate movement in the afternoon. The first had let the movement pass without reacting. The new deadline is around 7/8 pm, said security director Reto Nause. But so far it does not appear that the activists wanted to vacate the site voluntarily. A decision is still pending.
Visit to politics
Climate activists listen to speeches by MPs in a tent on the Bundesplatz. According to its own statements, the climate movement is planning more demonstrations and events during its “Stand Up for Change” week of action.
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“The situation is calming down”
The police of the canton of Bern have now announced that the unauthorized demonstration has dissolved. This was in the afternoon at the train station and in the barn. Now the situation is “calming down” again.
The demonstration was directed against the handling of rejected asylum seekers. The protesters apparently wanted to show solidarity with climate activists. Later, some climate activists came to her aid.
Will the “Klimaplatz” soon become the “Bundesplatz” again?
The ultimatum of the city of Bern to vacate the square expires between 6 pm and 7 pm Reto Nause, Director of Security, called this period in the afternoon. The tents are still in the square and there are more people than before. It is unclear if the city of Bern will vacate the space and, if so, when.
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Demonstrators of two demos united
The demonstration that took place in the afternoon at the train station and the barn, and against which the police used water cannons, is now also in Bundesplatz. They join the climate activists.
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Is there a decision?
Activists leave the big tent at Bundesplatz. There is applause, there is a lot of noise in the square. Several hundred people are there.
Water cannons in use
The police tried to break up the demonstration near the train station with water cannons. The road blocks were removed by the police, but according to an SRF reporter, the street is still not passable. The protesters are probably on their way to Bundesplatz.
The climate movement advises how to proceed
According to one cheep , Link opens in a new windowactivists still don’t know if they definitely want to clear the square. You decide how to proceed “in plenary session.”
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A second demonstration near the train station.
A second demonstration took place in Bern on Tuesday afternoon, cantonal police confirmed on Twitter. The police used tear gas and water cannons.
The march attempted to move from Kornhausplatz to Bundesplatz and was prevented from doing so. Then the crowd headed towards the bulwark, where the water cannons were used. The demo is still ongoing.
There is a sit-in near the Bern train station.
Oliver Kemp / SRF
The city’s offer
Meanwhile, the city of Bern made one last offer: to leave the Bundesplatz in the afternoon and settle elsewhere. If the activists reject the offer, the city council will consider that the dialogue has failed. The director of security for the city of Bern, Nause, did not expressly say that he would be evacuated later.
If the activists accept the city’s offer, they are allowed to leave a single stall, a tent or something similar on the Bundesplatz. This would be in line with applicable municipal rally regulations, Nause emphasized.
What happened so far
On Monday morning, climate activists occupied the Bundesplatz in Bern. This is illegal during a session. The city of Bern made them an offer to leave the square and continue demonstrating in other places. The protesters refused.
Meanwhile, the national parliament is pressing the city of Bern to ensure a quiet session. On Tuesday afternoon, the city made the activists one last offer to vacate the square in the afternoon.
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