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Polish PM vows crackdown on road blockades by climate activists: audio report

05.12.2024 22:00
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed to crack down on road blockades staged in Warsaw by climate activists from a group called the Last Generation.
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Members of the Last Generation climate group during a protest in the Polish capital earlier this year.
Members of the Last Generation climate group during a protest in the Polish capital earlier this year.Photo: Urszula Żółtowska/Polish Radio

"Blocking roads, regardless of political intentions, poses a threat to the state and all road users," Tusk said on social media earlier this week.

He added that he had instructed "the appropriate services to respond decisively and counteract such actions."

Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak announced that police would take a firm stance against "this kind of pathological behaviour."

For over a week, climate activists have been blocking major roads in the Polish capital during morning rush hour.

Radio Poland's Michał Owczarek has the details.

Click on the audio player above to listen.