Greta Thunberg and climatic activists have momentarily blocked on Friday, August 22 at the Oslo access to the Central Bank of Norway and invested the headquarters of the DNB Bank, demanding from the beginning that is being disconnected from the companies that support Israeli and in the second policy that comes out of the fossils.
This coup action is part of a civil disobeditian campaign of the Rebellion Extinction Group, which is supposed to last ten days and aims to weigh on the electoral campaign before the legislative elections provided in Norway on September 8.
First oil and gas producer in Western Europe, the Scandinavian country is regularly involved for hydrocarbons production that contributes to climate change, but which is currently not planning a great party.
In the middle of the morning, a Oslo police officer told AFP that most activists had been moved.
A few hours before, the members of the extinction of rebellion and a pro-Palestinian group had blocked access to the Banque de Norway building, which supervises the powerful sovereign fund of the country.
Companies that “invest in the collapse of our company”
In a statement, they accused the Central Bank of being present, through the Sovereign Fund, with commercial capital “that supports the illegal occupation and genocide in Palestine.”
Other activists have invaded and occupied the entrance hall of the main Norwegian bank, DNB, to demand that you stop financing the development of fossil fuels.
“When we demand a fossil fuel excursion, this also refers to the companies that invest in the collapse of our society,” he added.
As part of their campaign, rebellion activists have already blocked the largest Norwegian oil refinery in Mongstad, located on the west coast of the country, then the main artery of Oslo and a DNB agency.
Source: BFM TV
