Activists occupied a forest on Friday morning next to the VDL Nedcar car factory near Born. The group does this because the forest has to make way for an extra production line for the car factory and they do not agree with this.
The activists climbed trees with ropes and installed themselves there with hammocks, the activist group Red het Sterrebos announced. It involves dozens of bat-clad activists from across the country, affiliated with various climate and environmental action groups. In the municipalities of Sittard-Geleen and Echt-Susteren, where the car factory is located, emergency orders apply until 09:00. With this, the police managed to prevent actions and demonstrations around the factory on Thursday. Nevertheless, the activists managed to occupy the forest on Friday morning. “The action is organized to save the forest …
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