After the flood disaster

Acute danger due to further soil sealing

After the flood disaster, climate activists also took to the streets in St. Pölten(Bild: Katie-Aileen Dempsey)

Nationwide climate strike: activists in St. Pölten once again call on politicians to take action after the flood of the century - with effective soil protection as preventive disaster control.

On Friday, numerous activists also took to the streets across the country as part of the Austria-wide climate strike. Demonstrations were also held in St. Pölten under the slogan "A good climate for democracy". With a focus on the recent flood disaster, effective climate and soil protection as preventative disaster prevention and renaturation were at the heart of the Fridays For Future day of action.

"The next flood of the century is sure to come. However, the black-blue state government continues to blithely seal off what is an acute danger for many. Politicians have it in their hands how hard people will be hit," say Nikola Brunner and Bernhard Steindl from FFF. Their negative example: While parts of the country were still a disaster area, construction of the eastern bypass had begun in Wiener Neustadt.