Tens of thousands of climate activists protest across Germany ahead of upcoming federal election

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Thousands of activists demonstrated in Germany on Friday in a bid to raise awareness to climate issues ahead of the upcoming federal elections scheduled for 23 February.

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00:00Thousands of Germans participated in major climate protests across the country ahead

00:06of the upcoming federal election scheduled for the 23rd of February.

00:11Protests were organized by the global youth-led climate strike organization Fridays for Future.

00:17The group says more than 100,000 demonstrators participated in the nationwide protests in

00:22more than 150 locations.

00:25Climate activists in Germany say the crisis has been completely ignored and overshadowed

00:29by other issues like the economy and immigration in the upcoming vote.

00:34Polls currently project the far-right Alternative for Germany party to secure second place with

00:39just over 20 percent of the vote, which would be their strongest performance to date.

00:44The party has often dismissed the climate crisis and have routinely called to end all

00:48major climate action efforts in Germany.

00:52Activists say they're determined to continue protesting to raise awareness to the issue

00:56and push for change.

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