German officials condemn climate protests at roads, port

German officials have condemned protests by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country’s biggest port

BERLIN -- German officials condemned protests Monday by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country's biggest port.

Members of the group Uprising of the Last Generation glued themselves to roads in Stuttgart, Freiburg and near the port of Hamburg to demand an end to food waste. The group argues that throwing away vast amounts of usable food contributes to hunger and climate change.

Bavaria's top state security official said such blockades weren't covered by freedom of assembly.

“To massively impede people's mobility or block the movement of goods is a serious breach of the law,” Joachim Herrmann of the conservative Christian Social Union told Germany's Funke media group.