About a dozen people, including a mother with a child, were involved in the action in Düsseldorf, according to police and Interior Ministry spokesmen. They protested the eviction of the Lützerath settlement for lignite mining and demanded the resignation of NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) because of the police operation there. Activists also complained about police violence and criminalization during last week’s eviction. After some time, the emergency services ended the action: some protesters left voluntarily, others were taken away. The activists, who had trapped themselves in the windows, were freed by the police. Meanwhile, around 150 protesters gathered at the state parliament in Düsseldorf, who then marched in front of the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs. They also protested the demolition of Lützerath.
